Learning to Forget

Yutang Lin

Upon death all would disperse like fading fogs,
Nevertheless past events kept recurring in mind.
Incessant comparisons incur self-torture painful.
One rather clean mind by learning to forget soon.

Comment:

What to grasp and what to compare, 'tis mostly up to people themselves. Worldly situations are like buildings in mirage, clinging to them amounts to self-torture in vain. Remaining days are not many, why suffer by continuing like this? Learn to forget about making comparisons soon, and Bodhi aspiration will sprout from a clear mind.

Written in Chinese and translated on July 15, 2006
El Cerrito, California

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