Sweet Dew for the soul—II

061 心靈甘露（二）

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

萬事輸人已退藏 形骸自愧少康莊
朱顏一去杳無迹 華髮新來漸有霜
流淚暗思童稚樂 見人空話壯年強
寧知淨土春長在 不使身心晝夜忙

解三空、明四智，超初果至十地。
禮觀音、持勢至，禮拜如來求智慧。
報答父母生養恩，要有因果的觀念。

不怨天尤人，人生旅途中，猶如川流不息的河水，總會納入污穢，要能這樣涵納而不失其本性，必須自己要培養包容的性格，而成為大海，大海納百川，有容乃大。

資料來源：心靈甘露(二)，隆門圓通法師著。

Sweet Dew for the soul—II
One has retreated after losing in everything.
He is ashamed of his body that is unhealthy and miserable.
His rosy cheeks are gone with the wind without a trace, and
His gray hair appears like frost.
He thinks of happy childhood with tears, and
Upon seeing people, he prattles on his robust years.
It is better to know that spring is everlasting in the Pure Land
Than to live a physically and mentally busy life.

Know the Three Emptiness and Four Wisdom. Transcend the First Fruit, and reach the Tenth Position. Bow to Avalokitesvara, abide by Mahasthamaprapta, and worship the Tathagata to ask for wisdom. Repay your parents’ giving birth and raising, and have the concept of karma.

Do not blame the gods and accuse other people. Life is like a river that flows without stopping and contains dirt more or less. One should accept things and, like the river, should not lose his nature. One should cultivate a tolerant nature and become an ocean that admits hundreds of rivers and thus becomes vast.

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