出入常情　林钰堂

修行务实近常情，权衡应对分重轻；
只循法理定举止，不落私心滞讥评。

跋

平实修行，无有奇特，生活近似一般常态。应对往来，权衡轻重，犹如计较偏执。若能只从佛法千秋万世应当如何修持弘扬，方合正理，来考量，而决定举止、进退，则不复陷入私心纠缠于恩怨之烦恼中。此种抉择之结果，在表面上似乎与人对立，而从正法长远来看，则无有敌对，只是为一切有情共同的慧命而承担中流砥柱之重任。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　一九九八年十二月廿八日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　　　于加州

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Within or Beyond the Ordinary　Yutang Lin

Practicing Dharma in daily life seems within the ordinary;
Association with and treatment to people appear to be partial.
Yet actions and inactions are solely in accordance with the Dharma;
No longer a victim of personal antagonism and criticism.

Comment:

Practicing plainly the Dharma in daily life, there is nothing special. Such a life appears to be very close to the ordinary. In choosing associations and weighing treatments there seems to be an element of calculation and personal favoritism. If the considerations and decisions are based solely on how the Dharma should be practiced and propagated for all eternity, then it is no longer a matter of personal entanglement in sorrows of gratitude and resentment. The resulting actions of such a choice may appear to be in confrontation with some others? and yet when viewed from the long-term consequences of the propagation of the Dharma, there is indeed no antagonism involved. It is only a matter of undertaking the heavy load of maintaining the wisdom lives of all sentient beings.

Written in Chinese: December 28, 1998
Translated: September 3, 1999
El Cerrito, California

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