Automatic community care info system 自动社区护理信息系统 – The first in the Buddhist world 佛教界首个
Launching of “Deva Messengers webpage” and UBOP Member e-Birthday Greetings, effective 8th Dec 2021:
Buddhism and the significance of the “Deva Messengers”.
An old man, a sick person, a corpse and a renunciant – these are the four sights or “deva messengers” encountered by Prince Siddharta which compelled him to renounce. Realizing that all beings, having been born, are subject to old age, sickness, and death, he is determined to seek an end to life’s suffering.
After a six year quest for the answer to human suffering, he attained full enlightenment by himself, effectively ending all suffering in his heart invariably, as well as all future births. Thanks to the four “deva messengers”, a Buddha has arisen in the world. The teachings of the Buddha are aimed at liberating sentient beings from suffering by ending the cycle of birth and death. Without further becoming, there will be no suffering of old age, sickness and death.
Where there is birth, the arrival of these “deva messengers”, (known as “Devaduta” in Pali) is inevitable – from the day we were born, we grow older every moment, and we have to face the threat of illness and death at every moment. All of these conditions are beyond our control and unpredictable. Hence, at UBOP, we are inspired to initiate this “Deva messengers” webpage to nurture a sense of caring and kinship in our community of dhamma practitioners. We seek your cooperation to keep us informed if you know
about any UBOP member who is hospitalized, passed away, or struck by calamity. By sharing this information, we hope to provide a network of emotional and moral support from our UBOP community in times of need.
In addition, UBOP is also undertaking the initiative to send e-Birthday greeting card to members of UBOP. The e-Birthday card will be sent through email to each member of UBOP on the date of their birth to celebrate the special occasion of your precious birth as a human being.
May these “deva messengers” serve as a timely reminder, for us to contemplate on ageing, sickness and death. May we be inspired to walk the Path towards the Deathless, and the ending of all suffering.
推出 “天神使者网页” 和 UBOP 会员电子生日祝福，于 2021 年 12 月 1 日起生效：
佛教与“天神使者”的意义。
老人、病人、尸体和沙门——这是悉达多太子遇到的四种景象或“天神使者”，迫使他出家。他意识到一切众生，已生，皆受老、病、死之苦，因此他决心寻求结束生命的痛苦。
经过六年寻求人类痛苦的答案，他证悟圆满自觉了，有效地结束了他心中以及所有未来世的痛苦。多亏了四位 “天神使者”，佛陀才在世间住世。佛陀的教义旨在通过结束生死轮回来解脱众生的痛苦。不进一步有为，就不会有老、病、死之苦。
哪里有出生，这些“天神使者”（巴利语称为“Devaduta”）的到来是不可避免的——从我们出生的那一天起，我们每时每刻都在变老，我们不得不面对每时每刻疾病和死亡的威胁。所有这些情况都超出了我们的控制和不可预测。因此，在 UBOP，我们受到启发而发起了此 “天神使者” 网页，以便在我们的佛法修行者的社区中培养关怀和亲属感。如果您知道任何 UBOP 成员住院、去世或遭受灾害等灾难，我们寻求您的合作以通知我们。通过分享这些信息，我们希望在需要时提供UBOP 社区的情感和道德支持网络。
此外，UBOP 会主动向 UBOP 会员发送电子生日贺卡。电子生日贺卡将在每个 UBOP 成员的出生之日通过电子邮件发送给他们，以庆祝您作为一个人出生的特殊时刻。愿这些“天神使者”适时提醒，让我们思惟老、病、死。愿我们受到启发，走上涅般之道，以及一切痛苦的终结。
哪里有出生，这些“天神使者”（巴利语称为“Devaduta”）的到来是不可避免的——从我们出生的那一天起，我们每时每刻都在变老，我们不得不面对每时每刻疾病和死亡的威胁。所有这些情况都超出了我们的控制和不可预测。因此，在 UBOP，我们受到启发而发起了此 “天神使者” 网页，以便在我们的佛法修行者的社区中培养关怀和亲属感。如果您知道任何 UBOP 成员住院、去世或遭受灾害等灾难，我们寻求您的合作以通知我们。通过分享这些信息，我们希望在需要时提供UBOP 社区的情感和道德支持网络。
此外，UBOP 会主动向 UBOP 会员发送电子生日贺卡。电子生日贺卡将在每个 UBOP 成员的出生之日通过电子邮件发送给他们，以庆祝您作为一个人出生的特殊时刻。
愿这些“天神使者”适时提醒，让我们思惟老、病、死。愿我们受到启发，走上涅般之道，以及一切痛苦的终结。
Link to UBOP’s Deva Messenger page 链接到神圣的使者的页面