浴佛聖典法會佛歷2568 – 格倫諾基市代理市長市議員蘇希基致辭
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王大師,
貴賓們,
您們都是貴賓，謝謝！
我沒有生病，我將冒著損害我對自己外表的驕傲的危險而摘下口罩。【觀眾笑聲】我剛做過曬斑的治療，看起來很糟糕，但我在這裡充滿著愛與您分享。【蘇希基笑同時摘下口罩】
我有幸在過去十年中成為王大師的朋友，而你們許多人也是我在這段旅程中認識的。王大師仍然與一直是一位偉大的朋友，總是為我的伴侶彼得祈禱和加持，而現在他又面臨另一嚴重的疾病。
今天早上我起床後，像許多公眾人物一樣，因為人家對您說的難聽話而淚流滿面，尤其是當您是一個公眾人物時。王大師，我是陷入了自我憐憫中，導致分心的。
一如既往的，我像通常那樣閱讀了您的智慧言辭時，我覺得我找到了我所尋求的。那就是，現在世界似乎充滿了憤怒，有許多人感到不滿，停止了做感恩的人，停止了對所擁有的事物表示感激和滿足。
我們是住在澳大利亞其中非常安全的地方，但不幸的是，於格倫奧奇市裡，我們的種族歧視的存在比我們希望的還要多，這將是我未來幾年的個人挑戰，我要在任何地方消除我看到的種族歧視。因為我相信，真理和和諧來自於我們停止以膚色、文化或信仰來判斷人。王大師，你在過去十年中一直是一位偉大的老師，你向我展示了和平是一份真正的禮物，是我們所有人都需要不斷練習以實現的東西。
在這本書(指場刊)中，你引述的智慧言辭說道：“現代科技已克服了種種限制，而為人類生活帶來了前所未有的改變。” 這句話非常真實。“誠然，世人享受科技成果，卻不能滿足於無止慾望，而導致精神頹廢，心靈空虛，道德淪喪，利令智昏。” 這確實是如此。社交媒體的出現已經讓一些人變得非常殘忍，他們可能不會當面說出不好聽的話，但在網絡上卻言辭刻薄。
因此，我希望我們都從王大師慷慨的禮物中得到了啟示，祂邀請我們分享祂的文化，接受祂的加持以及祂學院所有人的加持，我們要擁抱這份禮物，將其帶回我們自己的社區並分享出去，因為我們是可以共同努力而改變世界的。
謝謝您！
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Bathing Buddha Holy Ceremony Dharma Meeting Buddhist Calendar 2568 – Speech by Acting Mayor of the City of Glenorchy Alderman Sue Hickey
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Master Wang,
Distinguished guests,
You’re all distinguished. Thank you.
I’m not sick, I’m going to take my mask off at my vanity peril. 【Audience laughs】I’ve had sun aging spots treated and it looks horrible, but here I am sharing it with you with love. 【Sue Hickey laughs】
I have been blessed to be a friend of Master Wang for over a decade, and many of you I have met on that journey. Master Wang continues to be a great friend, always praying and blessing my partner Peter, as he faces yet another great sickness.
I got up this morning, like many people in public life, into complete tears because of ugly things that are said about you, particularly when you are a public person. And I got distracted in my own self-pity Master Wang.
And so as usual when I read something out of your wise words of wisdom, I think I’ve found what I was looking for. And that is, the world just seems to be so angry at the moment, there are people so dissatisfied, people have stopped being gratitude, showing gratification for what they have.
We live in a very safe part of Australia, unfortunately Glenorchy we have more racism than we would like, and that is going to be my personal challenge for the next few years, is to stamp out racism anywhere I see it. Because I do believe truth and harmony comes when we stop judging people by the colour of their skin, their culture or their beliefs. And Master Wang, you’ve been a great teacher over that decade, you’ve shown me that peace is a real gift, and something that we all need to continually practice for it to manifest.
In your wise words of wisdom in this book, it says, “modern technology has overcome various limitations, bringing unprecedented changes to human life.” How true is that? “However, while people enjoy the fruits of technology, they often find themselves unsatisfied with endless desires, leading to spiritual decay, emotional emptiness, moral decline, and intellectual confusion.” And that is so true. The emergence of social media has turned people who would not say something nasty to your face, into very cruel things…
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