一念之差  / yī niàn zhī chā /
A Moment of Thought 
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12月26日

一念之差
明 浮峰普恩 ( 生卒年不詳 )

返本還源便到家,
亦無玄妙可稱誇;
湛然一片真如性,
迷失皆因一念差。

──選自《五燈會元》

December 26

A Moment of Thought
Fufeng Pu'en (Years unknown, Ming Dynasty)
English translation: Miao Guang

To be home is to return to the origin
    and go back to the source,
This has nothing mysterious
    that one can boast about;
Clearly and as such is
    the nature of true thusness,
To be lost or not?
    it all lies in a moment of thought.
── from Wudeng Huiyuan (Compendium of the Five Lamps)

References:
《獻給旅行者們365日──中華文化佛教寶典》365 Days for Travelers: Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics 
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