Wisdom from Chinese Literary and Buddhist Classics
365 Days for Travelers
1/19: YUEYANG PAVILION (EXCERPT)
Fan Zhongyan (989 - 1052, Song Dynasty)English translation: Miao Guang
Do not take pleasure in material goods,
Do not express pity for oneself.
Occupiers of the palace hall worry for their people;
Dwellers of remote districts worry for their ruler.
Progress causes worry,
Retreat likewise causes worry;
Exactly when will a moment of happiness come?
It is when one is able to
Regard as one’s top concern the state’s affairs,
And place as one’s last goal one’s own enjoyments.
── from Fan Wenzheng Ji
(Collection of Fan’s Literary Works)
DEVOTE YOUR MIND TO HEAVEN AND EARTH
Zhang Zai (1020 - 1077, Song Dynasty)English translation: John Balcom
Devote your mind to heaven and earth;
Devote your life to the people.
Succeed the wisdom of the past sages;
Create peace for ten thousand generations.
── from Zhangzi Quanshu
(Complete Works by Zhang Zi)
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INSPIRATION
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Money will be washed away,
but not suchness.
Renown and title have highs and lows,
but not Buddha nature.
Dharma Instruments
Venerable Master Hsing Yun grants voices to the objects of daily monastic life to tell their stories in this collection of first-person narratives.
Sutras Chanting
The Medicine Buddha SutraMedicine Buddha, the Buddha of healing in Chinese Buddhism, is believed to cure all suffering (both physical and mental) of sentient beings. The Medicine Buddha Sutra is commonly chanted and recited in Buddhist monasteries, and the Medicine Buddha’s twelve great vows are widely praised.
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