天有多高　林鈺堂 簡繁轉換 - 繁體

框框一生住在一間房裡
只有一個三尺見方的窗
所以他知道
天有多高　兩尺
地有多厚　一尺
海有多寬　三尺
如果有人說不一樣
這怎麼可能　這哪會是對
他一定急著搞清楚

量量隨身帶一把尺
一丈六尺長
經上說佛是丈六金身
她逢佛便量
超過丈六的　一定是虛誇的吧
不到丈六的　一定只修到羅漢、菩薩
天有多高　地有多厚　海有多寬
都不會超過一丈六尺

老是框框量量
學佛就不會成佛
只會量量框框

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○七年十二月五日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

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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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