KHI CÓ TAI NẠN NÊN NIỆM PHẬT

Phàm lúc xảy ra tai nạn, mà nhớ phát tâm niệm Phật, tất có kỳ ứng (ứng nghiệm lạ thường). Tuy rằng một nước bị can qua hay một làng bị dịch lệ, mà niệm Phật để cầu, thì một người niệm một người an, trăm người niệm trăm người an. Không phải Phật có lòng riêng, lúc nào cũng trong ánh sáng bình đẳng, vô tâm mà ứng hiện. Vì sao? Vì động niệm thành tiếng tự mình rõ biết hào quang sáng của đức Phật A Di Ðà trụ trên đỉnh đầu ta, thời tự nhiên mỗi niệm đầy đủ, mỗi niệm bền chắc, mỗi niệm dài lâu, thời hào quang của Phật chiếu đến gia hộ các vị thiện thần độ trì, tự mình có thể lìa khỏi nạn tai, xin đừng chuyển niệm.

Lời phụ giải: Có người bảo: niệm Phật làm sao dứt được nạn này, nạn khác? Ðó là tại vì mình không tha thiết, hay niệm mà lòng vẫn nghi ngờ, thì bao nhiêu đó cũng chứng tỏ không đem kết quả tốt đến cho mình rồi. Nên hiểu rằng: Tâm mình lúc bấy giờ chỉ nghĩ có một chuyện niệm Phật ngoài ra không nghĩ gì khác, một niệm quên thân, một niệm an tâm ấy càng kéo dài, thì khổ nào đày ải ta được? Câu “Linh tại ngã bất linh tại ngã” có ý vị lắm thay! Một người rồi nhiều người bắt đầu niệm Phật tức là chuyển ác niệm thành thiện niệm, thiện niệm ấy càng kéo dài thì tai nạn nào mà không khỏi, tội khổ gì mà chẳng an?

Ngoài ra trong kinh ghi 10 điều lợi ích của sự niệm Phật, tôi xin kính ghi chép ra đây để quý vị tin mà cố gắng:

Thường được chư Phật ngày đêm hộ niệm, đức Phật A Di Ðà phóng quang nhiếp thọ. 
Thường được 25 vị Ðại Bồ Tát như đức Quán Thế Âm thủ hộ. 
Ngày đêm thường được chư thiên cùng đại lực thần tướng ẩn hình ủng hộ. 
Tất cả dạ xoa, ác quỉ, rắn độc, thuốc độc đều không thể làm hại. 
Không bị những tai nạn: nước, lửa, đao, tên, gông, xiềng, lao ngục, giặc cướp, oan gia cùng các thứ chết dữ. 
Những tội đã làm thảy đều tiêu diệt, những kẻ chết oan vì mình đều được giải thoát, không còn kết oán ràng buộc. 
Ban đêm nằm ngủ thường thấy điềm lành, hoặc thấy sắc thân thắng diệu của Phật A Di Ðà. 
Tâm thường vui vẻ, sắc thường tươi nhuận, khí lực đầy đủ, việc làm có kết quả tốt đẹp lợi ích. 
Mọi người trông thấy đều vui mừng, cung kính hoặc lễ bái cũng như kỉnh Phật. 
Khi mạng chung tâm không sợ hãi, chánh niệm hiện ra, được Tây Phương Tam Thánh tiếp dẫn sanh về Tịnh độ hưởng sự an vui không cùng!” 

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BÁNH BAO CHAY( da bánh bao làm kiểu này ngon lắm)

 -6 cups cake flour ( loại softasilk)
 -chưa tới 2 cups sữa  ( cup sau khoảng 8 phần thôi )
-1 tsp muối 
-8 TBSP đường 
-6 tsp baking powder
 -4 TBSP dầu ăn 
-4 TBSP wheat starch  

Trộn chung tất cả  lại và để khoảng 3 giờ cho nổi .Bánh rất trắng và ngon.Công thức này từ thuvienhoasen.org , CN cho thêm 2 tsp bột nổi cho bánh nổi hơn ( nghĩa là tổng cộng 6 tsp  baking powder  togerther ) .

 

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9 things you don't know about tornadoes

From playing war hero to displaying a rainbow of colors, here are some less well-known trivia tidbits about twisters.

By Melissa Breyer

Photo: Todd Shoemake/Shutterstock

Spawned from thunderstorms, the violent rotating columns of air known as tornadoes can reach wind speeds up to 300 miles per hour and can leave a path of destruction like few other forces of nature. Tornadoes have kick. Like an angry Greek god, they can shatter buildings, drive straws through trees, lift trains from tracks, and suck the water out of streams.

 

The United States experiences around 800 tornadoes a year, resulting in average of 80 deaths and more than 1,500 injuries. And while we all know that tornadoes can transport young girls to Munchkin City, there’s a whole slew of less well-known facts that are nearly as interesting.  

 

1. F is for Fujita

Tornado strength is classified by the Fujita Tornado Scale, or F-scale (and the Enhanced Fujita scale, or EF scale) developed by Tetsuya Theodore Fujita of the University of Chicago. Known as "Mr. Tornado" to his peers and the media, Fujita is also recognized for having discovered microbursts and downbursts, which can pose serious danger to aircraft. As a result of his work, pilot training across the world uses techniques he developed.

 

2. Tornadoes are anonymous

Pity the tornado. While hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are all dignified with names, the tornado comes and goes with nary a moniker. Why? Although some historic tornadoes are named relative to their location, in general tornadoes are too short-lived to require naming. For tropical cyclones (the family that hurricanes are included in) the use of easy, distinctive names is quicker and less subject to error than the antiquated, more unwieldy latitude-longitude identification methods — which is especially important in communicating detailed storm information to the media and between the multitude of coastal bases and ships at sea. Tornadoes don't require such distinction.

 

3. Where tornadoes dare not go

Although the majority of the world’s tornadoes take place in the United States, they have been observed on every continent except Antarctica.

 

4. Deadliest American tornado traveled for 220 miles

The deadliest tornado in United States history was the Tri-State tornado, which made its debut on March 18, 1925. It began its journey in Missouri and rolled across the land for nearly 220 miles, visiting Illinois and Indiana along the way. In some areas, it left a path of destruction almost a mile wide. The Tri-State tornado hurtled through nine towns and splintered thousands of homes. The tornado caused 695 deaths and more than 2,000 injuries.

 

5. World’s most lethal tornado was in ... Bangladesh?

Oddly enough, the deadliest tornado in history wasn’t in the United States. For those of us who equate the image of a dusty funnel roaming across fields dotted with farmhouses, this may be hard to picture. However, the Daulatpur-Saturia, Bangladesh Tornado which took place on April 26, 1989, was extraordinary in its destruction. Death toll counts were hard to calculate, but estimates indicate that some 1,300 people were killed, making it the world’s deadliest tornado.

 

6. A tornado saved Washington, D.C. 

During the burning of Washington in the War of 1812, a powerful tornado struck northwest Washington and downtown on the day that the British troops set fire to the Capitol, the White House and other public buildings. Rain from the storm extinguished the fires, and more British soldiers were killed by the tornado than by the guns of the American resistance. 

 

7. Southern and Northern hemisphere tornados spin differently

Tornadoes in the Northern Hemisphere, as viewed from above, rotate counterclockwise 98 percent of the time.  Southern Hemisphere tornados rotate clockwise.

 

8. Tornados come in many colors

Tornadoes come in a wide array of colors, based on the environment in which they form. Tornadoes in dry environments are nearly invisible, while condensation funnels are generally gray to white. When traveling over water, tornadoes can become opaque white or blue. Ponderous ones that consume a decent amount of debris are usually darker and assume the color of the debris. Great Plains tornadoes are often red because of the tint of the soil. Lighting also affect the color of a tornado. A back-lit tornado with the sun behind it will appear very dark, yet the same tornado viewed from the other side may appear gray or brilliant white. Sunset tornadoes can appear yellow, orange and pink.

 

9. Nothing says “go team” like a tornado

According to mascotdb.com, there are 113 high schools and colleges that use "Tornados" or a variation as their team nickname.

 

 http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/stories/9-things-you-dont-know-about-tornadoes

 

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Cách chuẩn bị trước cơn bão lớn và trốn bão như thế nào ?

                                 Storm clouds during a tornado watch Photo: PedalFreak/Flickr

  Whirling dust and debris. Snapping power lines. A continuous rumble or roar often compared to a freight train. And that feared funnel.

Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storms. Yet, many of us don’t know when it’s time to take tornado warning signs seriously enough to start crouching in the tub or in the basement covered by a mattress. Maybe we’ve experienced a tornado drill in school. But most of us have never and will never see a twister, except in “The Wizard of Oz.”

Although severe tornadoes are more common in the plains states, tornadoes have been reported in every state, according to the American Red Cross. There were more tornadoes this past April — 750 — than any other month in U.S. history, says Greg Carbin, warning coordinator meteorologist for the storm prediction center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.

“Tornadoes are small-scale events, part of a larger scale weather system,” Carbin says.

They are usually no more than a half-mile wide and move very rapidly west to east or southwest to northeast, preceded by large hail or heavy rain, he says. The likelihood of experiencing a tornado is very small, but it’s always best to be prepared and not put yourself in a risky position, Carbin advises.

“The most violent tornadoes can level and blow away almost any house and its occupants,” the NOAA reports. “Extremely violent F5 tornadoes are very rare, though. Most tornadoes are actually much weaker and can be survived.”

Taking precautions means understanding tornado warning signs. How many of us know blue-green flashes on the ground near a thunderstorm mean power lines are being snapped by very strong winds, indicating a possible tornado? Or that many tornadoes are wrapped in so much heavy precipitation or hail they can’t be seen? Those are among the warning signs listed by the NOAA/NWS storm prediction center.

Here are 10 less familiar warning signs and tips for preparing once a tornado is imminent:


Know the difference between a tornado watch and a warning. A watch means tornadoes are possible in and near the watch area, the Red Cross reports. A warning means a tornado has been sighted or indicated by weather radar. Take shelter immediately.
Review and discuss your emergency plans with your family and check supplies, including non-perishable food, water, flashlights, batteries and a weather radio.
Prepare to head to a reinforced safe room, basement, storm cellar or interior space — closet, hallway or bathroom — on the lowest level of your home away from windows.
Look for dark, often greenish clouds, a reflection of ice and water or hail, that might form a wall or isolated lowering at the base of a thunderstorm.
Be aware of hail or heavy rain followed by either dead calm or a fast, intense wind shift.
Don’t open windows despite notions that it equalizes the pressure in the house.
Remove diseased and damaged limbs from trees. Move or secure large furniture, trash cans, hanging plants or other objects that could become projectiles.
Know where heavy objects rest on the floor above (pianos, refrigerators, waterbeds, etc. and avoid shelter below them. They may fall down through a weakened floor and crush you, the NOAA warns.
If flying debris occurs while you are driving, pull over and park. Decide whether you feel safe staying in your car with the seat belt on, with your head down below the windows covered by your hands and a blanket, the American Red Cross says. Or if you can, get to a noticeably lower level of the roadway away from cars and trees and lie flat, covering your head with your hands. Carbin says there’s a difference of opinion about which option is safer. There are stories of survival and death with each scenario, so drivers have to use their best judgment based on their particular situation, he says.
Plan places your family will meet both within and outside your immediate neighborhood.


Your family may not be together when disaster strikes, so it is important to know how you will contact one another, how you will get back together and what you will do in case of any emergency.

It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in a better position to communicate among separated family members.

If your community experiences a tornado or disaster, register on the American Red Cross Safe and Well website, www.redcross.org, or call 1-866-GET-INFO to let your family and friends know your welfare.

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