5月17日

舉足皆道場
宋 永明延壽 ( 904~975 )

真柏最宜堆厚雪，危華終怯下輕霜；
滔滔一點無依處，舉足方知盡道場。

──選自《蓮修必讀》

May 17

Spiritual Practice Can Be Done Everywhere
Yongming Yanshou (904 - 975, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

Genuine cypresses make the best ground
    to gather thick snow,
Withering flowers are vulnerable to
    even the thinnest frost.
An endless array of places,
    yet none are my refuge,
Not until the lifting of a footstep, for one to realize
    spiritual practice can be done everywhere.

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