When the Hot Summer Leaves, the Cold Winter Will Come
徹見實相 返其本來
業幻無生 同歸真如
山脈清泉順著河谷而走，綿延的碧綠山巒、川流不息的江水，看不盡太多的生老病死、苦樂悲歡。
天地悠悠、清翠溪流，世事邈邈、沒入長空。千百萬年生命的道法，多少人在人間的疾風苦雨裹，找不到出路…。
多少迷茫淒苦的人，在生活的碾磨下透不過氣來！誰都想找到人生無瑕疵的生命境遇，誰都想修行到四大皆空的境界。
人在生老病死的苦海裹繫什麼舟？人在聚散無常的黑夜裹亮什麼臉？
問好自己，生從何方來？ 問好自己，死往何處去？
不以物喜、不以己悲，心不隨境轉、亦不受境惑。做人處世，面臨什麼樣的境遇，水暖水冷，飲了自然知道。
萬古長空，人間一切事物的生死，都是因緣聚散。一切的見識思想也都會歸於虛空、虛空又歸那裹呢？
智照妙心 普明大還
隨流常定 同渡彼岸
南無阿彌陀佛
資料來源：心靈甘露(三)，隆門圓通法師著。英文翻譯：張惠平。
When the Hot Summer Leaves, the Cold Winter Will Come
One should penetrate into the real form and return to his origin.
Karmas are illusory and without arising.
All should return to the True Suchness.
The spring in the mountains flows along the valley. The green, unbroken chain of peaks and the unending flow of the river witness numerous birth, aging, sickness, death, pain, happiness, sadness, and joy.
Heaven and earth are remote in space, and the streams are clear and green. The affairs of life are distant and will eventually disappear into the long skies. For millions of years, how many people have been at a loss in the pains of the world?
How many bewildered and painstaking people feel unable to breathe under the torture of life? Everyone wants to find the flawless circumstances in life, and everyone wants to cultivate to the extent that the Big Four are all empty.
In the bitter sea of birth, aging, sickness, and death, what kind of boats do people take? In the dark night of impermanent meetings and partings, what kind of faces will people show?
Ask yourself: where were you from when you were born, and where are you going when you die?
Do not feel joyful when you are leading an abundant life, and do not feel sad when you are meeting frustrations. Your mind should not change with the circumstances, and neither should it be puzzled by them. When we are dealing with people and matters, what kind of situations are we facing? People who drink it know whether the water is hot or cold.
For all eternality, the life and death of everything in this human world have been caused by affinities. All views and thoughts will eventually return to the Great Void. But where will the Great Void go then?
Wisdom shines on the wondrous mind and illuminates the universe.
When following the flows, we should always remain steady and reach the opposite shore together.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Source: Sweet Dew for the Soul (Vol. III), Written by Master Shih Longmen Yuantong. Translated by Huei Ping Chang.