6月8日

火裡花開
宋 同安常察 ( 生卒年不詳 )

披毛戴角世間來，優鉢羅花火裡開；
煩惱海中為雨露，無明山上作雲雷。

──選自《景德傳燈錄》

June 8

Blue Lotus Blossoms in Fire
Tong'an Changcha (Years unknown, Song Dynasty)
English translation: William Chong

Coming into the world covered with fur and sporting horns,
The blue lotus blossoms in the fire.
It is the sprinkling of dew in the sea of afflictions;
It is the thunder cloud that breaks the mountain of ignorance.

── from Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Records of the Transmission of the Lamp)