無明　林鈺堂

後果難料貿然行，偏執逞強鬧不停；
生來造業死遺患，觀察世事悟無明。

跋

佛法開示：有情輪轉世間，出乎無明妄動。但此根本無明極為微細，難以覺察。靜觀世事，蠢動居多；一般人生，造業而已。因而體悟佛語不虛，世間現象即無明之行跡，斑斑可考 。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○一年十一月三日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

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Lack of Comprehension　Yutang Lin

Making hasty moves with consequences unpredictable,
Enforcing prejudicial views with incessant persistence,
Born to create karmas and die to leave troubles behind,
Facts of life help one understand the ignorance beneath.

Comment:

Sentient beings are transmigrating in suffering realms; and Buddhist teachings indicate that ignorance is the root of the phenomena. However, this fundamental ignorance is supposed to be very subtle and hardly discernable. When worldly affairs are viewed in reflection many would seem to be unreflective moves. Life of most people is just a sequence of inconsequential activities. From these reflections one readily realized the truth of Buddha's teachings. Worldly affairs are traces of ignorance that are clearly recognizable.

Written in Chinese and translated on November 3, 2001
El Cerrito, California

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