粗细　林钰堂

作风粗细
　 固然出乎天性
但随见解所在
　 也可调节
　　
识大体　难免粗略
要稳妥　节骨眼上需细心

惜时省力　便需粗枝大叶
一味精挑细检　难以开展

粗中带细　还需本来细致
细而能放　多亏眼界够宽

佛示修行松紧犹如调弦
修行生活中
　 何处当粗略　何处宜细腻
行者也要自己摸索　体会
以便省时专注于修行及佛事
而又不为表相所拘所局

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○七年十二月廿三日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　养和斋　　　　　于加州

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Rough or Detail　Yutang Lin

Rough or detail in one's handling of matters
　　　　 Certainly has to do with individual propensity
However, as views migrate with age and experiences
　　　　 Degrees of refinement may be adjusted

Viewing the whole picture
　　　　 Difficult not to overlook details
To ascertain reliability
　　　　 Need to be careful at crucial joints

To save time and efforts
　　　　 One proceeds with thick branches and large leaves
All the time choosing fine points and picking needles
　　　　 Hard to step out wide and far

Sketching without missing the fine lines
　　　　 It took original sensibility
Refined and yet capable of letting go details
　　　　 Thanks to an open panorama

Buddha taught us to practice loose and tight like tuning a zither
In daily life of a practitioner
　　　　 Where to overlook and where to be attentive
Are to be groped and figured out gradually
So as to save time and concentrate on Dharma practices and activities
Without being hindered and confined by appearances and formality

Written in Chinese on December 23, 2007
Translated on December 24, 2007
El Cerrito, California

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