A Self-Introspection—Words from the Enlightened Mind

中文原著：隆門圓通法師
英文翻譯：張惠平
Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong
Translated by Huei Ping Chang

行路難，不在水不在山；
求人更難，只在人情反覆無常間。
寒冰薄，人情更薄，人世炎涼難除。

天地寒暑容易避，唯知世道無能逆；
知命者不怨天 知己者不怨人。

無怨便是德，要切身力行，
日日紮根深，有學具有德。

學能具身教，改變自我性，
啟發慈悲心，則能蘊涵青翠。

青山綠水，海闊天空，
茂密宏觀的生命，
可以規劃好自己的人生。
吉祥
資料來源：心靈甘露(一)，隆門圓通法師著。

A Self-Introspection—Words from the Enlightened Mind

It’s hard to walk on the road, which is neither in the water nor in the mountains. But it’s even harder to ask people for help; they may be found changeable and unpredictable. Cold ice is thin, but favors are even thinner. In this human world, people are sometimes passionate and sometimes cold, and this is hard to eradicate.

Cold or hot weather is easy to shun, but the world’s principles cannot be violated. One who knows his own destiny will not blame the gods, and one who knows himself will not accuse others.

One is virtuous if he bears no grudge. He has to endeavor to study every day to become knowledgeable and virtuous. When one is learning, he also has to learn to be able to teach by example, change his self-nature, and develop a compassionate mind which can contain the green landscape.

Green mountains and waters make the world wider. The prosperous and macroscopic life should be well-planned.

Auspiciousness to everybody.

Source: Sweet Dew for the Soul (Vol. I), Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong.