悯众　林钰堂

解脱需赖见真相，寰宇众苦恒充斥；
一心不断祈息止，通达法界离自限。

跋

由自我之小局解脱之道，根本上需要先认清真相。宇宙间之真相是种种痛苦无有间断地充斥处处。若能一心不断悲悯众苦，而为所有苦难之息止而祈祷、念佛、持咒或拜佛，则心通法界而免乎自限于沧海一粟之烦恼。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○三年元月五日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　于加州

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Realizing One's Minuteness　Yutang Lin

Liberation from self is based on first seeing the reality;
All sorts of suffering constantly prevail in the universe.
Continue to pray single-mindedly for end of sufferings;
In oneness of Dharmadhatu no traces of self-set border.

Comment:

In order to become liberated from the tiny cell of self-centeredness, basically one needs to first recognize the reality. The reality is that in the universe all sorts of suffering constantly prevail everywhere. If one could single-mindedly and continuously maintain mercy for all beings that are suffering, and engage in praying, repeating the epithet of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, repeating mantras of compassion, or making prostration to Buddhas or Bodhisattvas so as to supplicate for cessation of all sufferings, then one's mind is in oneness with the Dharmadhatu and will be free from sorrows that arise from enclosing oneself in a tiny nutshell that floats in an ocean.

Written in Chinese and translated on January 5, 2003
El Cerrito, California

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