助緣 林鈺堂

播種隨緣結果異,提攜互助改際遇;
法界同體本融通,勿因見狹陷孤立。

或謂:因果不壞,因此不應介入他人之事,以免違背因果。這種見解誤以因果為可以孤立的關係。其實,法界之中並無孤立的事件,而有無盡繁複的因緣不斷地在互相影響。造因的結果,隨著助緣的演變就會遷異。吾人應當本著法界同體的瞭解,盡量互助,而不是自限於各各孤立的心態及作為。


                     二○○一年七月十四日
                     養和齋    於加州


Helping Hands Yutang Lin

Seeds sowed yield diverse fruits according to circumstances;
Offering one another a helping hand could make differences.
All in the Dharmadhatu are in oneness and originally mixed;
Do not let narrow views confine us into isolated prison cells.

Comment:

Some said, "Causal relation cannot be violated; therefore, one should not get involved with other matters so as not to interfere with the causal law." Such view mistakenly assumes that causal relation could be isolated. In fact, there are no independent events in the Dharmadhatu; instead, there are infinite complicated causes and conditions that are continually affecting one another. Consequences of a cause evolve according to changes in surrounding conditions. Based on the understanding that the whole Dharmadhatu is in oneness, we should help one another as much as possible, but not to limit ourselves to mentality and activities of individual isolation.


Written in Chinese on July 14, 2001
Translated on July 21, 2001
El Cerrito, California


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