3月6日

和為貴
佛光星雲 ( 1927~ )

真正高貴的人，質地柔軟，
如水曲折婉約，不擇大小細流，
匯成百川汪洋。
你對我錯，融化剛強的雪原；
你大我小，粉碎傲慢的高山；
你有我無，解開愛結的纏縛；
你樂我苦，學習菩薩的慈悲。

──選自《星雲說喻》

March 6th

Harmony Is Invaluable
Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927 - , Fo Guang Shan)
English translation: Miao Guang, Zhi Yue, and Sasha Lyapina

The truly noble man, honest and gentle,
Should be admitting and adaptable like a gracefully winding stream;
Regardless of whether the streamlet is big or small,
All rivers merge into the great ocean.

Allow others to be right,
And be willing to be wrong;
Thaw the frigidness of our hearts.

Allow others to be great,
And be willing to be small;
Eliminate our arrogance.

Allow others to have things,
And be willing to go without;
Untangle the knots of our attachments.

Allow others to be happy,
And be willing to suffer;
Learn from the compassion of the bodhisattvas.

── from Hsing Yun Shuo Yu (Hsing Yun's Commentaries on Allegories)