天有多高　林钰堂

框框一生住在一间房里
只有一个三尺见方的窗
所以他知道
天有多高　两尺
地有多厚　一尺
海有多宽　三尺
如果有人说不一样
这怎么可能　这哪会是对
他一定急着搞清楚

量量随身带一把尺
一丈六尺长
经上说佛是丈六金身
她逢佛便量
超过丈六的　一定是虚夸的吧
不到丈六的　一定只修到罗汉、菩萨
天有多高　地有多厚　海有多宽
都不会超过一丈六尺

老是框框量量
学佛就不会成佛
只会量量框框

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○七年十二月五日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　　于加州

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Height of Sky　Yutang Lin

Mr. Framed lived all his life within one room
With only one window three-foot square
Therefore he knows that
Height of sky, two feet
Thickness of earth, one foot
Width of ocean, three feet
If someone says otherwise
How could that be possible, how can that be right
He is most anxious to figure it out

Miss Measuring carries a ruler with her all the time
Sixteen feet in length
Sutra says that Buddha's golden body is sixteen-foot tall
Each and every Buddha she runs into, she will measure
Those over sixteen feet must be pretentious ones
Those falls short of sixteen feet must be only Arats or Bodhisattvas
As to height of sky, thickness of earth, and width of ocean
All will not exceed sixteen feet

Always framed or measuring
A Buddhist will not attain enlightenment
But will only remain measuring or framed

Written in Chinese on December 5, 2007
Translated on December 7, 2007
El Cerrito, California

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