Only Because All Beings Had Been Forgotten　Yutang Lin

Why
　　　　Still saying bad things about someone
　　　　Always feeling angry toward someone
　　　　Could not help dripping tears over someone
Only because all sentient beings had been forgotten
　　　　If still remembered
　　　　How could there be the leisure to mind about a someone

Why
　　　　Still reluctant and procrastinate
　　　　Always worrying about this and worrying about that
　　　　Could not let go worldly entanglements
Only because all sentient beings had been forgotten
　　　　If still remembered
　　　　How could you not to renounce at once and devote your life to DharmaMindful of affairs of only a tiny few
Yet salvation of boundless and endless sentient beings had been forgotten
If this is not upside down, what is it
If this is not ignorant delusion, what is itIf all sentient beings always remembered
One would not care about
　　　　Worldly success or failure, right or wrong, and personal favors or grudges
One would only care about
　　　　Have sentient beings all been saved or not
　　　　Have you attained full enlightenment or not

Written in Chinese and translated on April 19, 2009
El Cerrito, California

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