欠醒人 林钰堂
淡漠只因管不了，介入依然一团糟；
此起彼落轮番演，世间闹剧欠醒人。
跋
世事理难清，旁观似淡漠。纵使投身入，徒然添牵缠。闹剧轮班演，悲苦无暂停。觉醒循佛道，出离消自执。
二○○一年八月廿五日
养和斋 于加州
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Lacking Awakened Ones Yutang Lin
Being indifferent only out of helplessness;
Engaging within still sees only confusion.
Here and there, in turn similar acts are on;
Worldly farces lack awakened participants.
Comments:
Worldly affairs are difficult to sort out. Staying aloof would seem indifferent. Even if one threw oneself into the pits, only more entanglements would vainly ensue. Farces are staged in turn, here and there; sorrows and suffering never cease for a moment. Following the Buddhist path to become awakened, one renounces the worldly ways to reduce attachment to self-centeredness.
Written in Chinese on August 25, 2001
Translated on August 30, 2001
El Cerrito, California
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