悠閒 林鈺堂

悠閒情懷非可求,盡己任他免牽纏;
無求知足樂隨緣,心安事純便怡然。

世間窮緊張,悠閒難得嚐。心地無塵擾,外緣不強求。一生誰由己?匆匆已盡頭。看開莫自擾,悠閒悄然生。

                     二○○一年十月十三日
                     養和齋    於加州


Leisure Yutang Lin

Feeling of leisure would not arrive upon request;
Do one's best and let others play to avoid unrest.
Be content without demands to enjoy this instant;
Peaceful mind in simple matters is just delightful.

Comment:

Worldly way is too tense; leisure hardly accessible. Mind without dust to stir up; outward connections not pursued. Whoever can have a say in life? Suddenly it is all over. See it openly and not to disturb oneself; in quietude leisure will arrive.

Written in Chinese on October 13, 2001
Translated on October 15, 2001
El Cerrito, California


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