背向_Back Facing

五百羅漢有一尊
以背向人

莫謂背向即可欺
背後是非肆意評

一嚮只顧前
背後多少忘卻　不察覺

證悟若圓滿
前後上下
古今中外
何處沾一塵
靈明何處不本自圓遍

背向教示一隅
領會通達一切

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　謹以此作敬讚
　　　　　　　　　　　　　尊者身教

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二〇〇八年八月廿三日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

Back Facing　Yutang Lin

One among the statues of the Five Hundred Arhats
Back facing people

Don't think that back facing means that one may be insulted
Behind one's back arbitrarily criticizing right or wrong

Always look only ahead
How many behind one's back are forgotten or left unaware of

If comprehension be complete
Ahead and behind, above and below
Past and present, center and outskirts
Where could there be a dust attached
Where does not lively clarity originally prevail fully

Back facing indicates one corner
Once comprehended all sides understood thoroughly

This work is written in reverent praising of the Reverend's teaching by example.

Written in Chinese and translated on August 23, 2008
El Cerrito, California

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