好恶　林钰堂

自树一格难迁就，解脱道上挂碍多；
学佛着眼唯菩提，私心好恶不涉怀。

跋

学佛者凡事皆应着眼于菩提上，只问如何究竟利益一切众生，而不计及个人之好恶、得失。斤斤于个人之好恶，即已忘失菩提大业矣。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○二年一月四日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　于加州

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Yutang Lin"
To: "Dharma Friends"
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:46 PM
Subject: 5 Poems in Calligraphy_篇翰墨诗作：法语、名实、何必、好恶、汇归

As requested by you-know-who I had written you-know-what into calligraphy.
应您知是谁之提请，我已将您知是啥写成翰墨了。

10 files attached.
十个档案附呈。

May all beings attain Enlightenment soon!
愿一切众生早日成佛！

Yutang
钰堂

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Likes and Dislikes　Yutang Lin

Special styles chosen, renders adjustment impossible;
On such a path to liberation much hindrance remains.
To gain awakening need to adopt just the Bodhi view;
Personal likes and dislikes should not come into play.

Comment:

A being aiming at enlightenment should consider all matters from the Bodhi point of view. Ask not how personal likes and dislikes, gains and losses would be affected; but ask only how to ultimately benefit all sentient beings. While haggling over personal likes and dislikes the Bodhi matters are already forgotten.

Written in Chinese on January 4, 2002
Translated on January 15, 2002
El Cerrito, California

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