1月27日

戒殺詩 ─ 勸打鳥者
唐 白居易 ( 772~846 )

誰道群生性命微，一般骨肉一般皮；
勸君莫打三春鳥，子在巢中望母歸。

──選自《蓮修必讀》

January 27th

Abstaining from Killing: Advise against Bird Hunting
Bai Juyi (772 - 846, Tang Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Who is to speak of the insignificance of animal lives;
They are just the same flesh and bones.
You are urged not to shoot the spring birds,
For the nesting babies await their mother's return.

── from Lianxiu Bidu (Essential Readings for Pure Land Practitioners)