憫眾　林鈺堂

解脫需賴見真相，寰宇眾苦恆充斥；
一心不斷祈息止，通達法界離自限。

跋

由自我之小局解脫之道，根本上需要先認清真相。宇宙間之真相是種種痛苦無有間斷地充斥處處。若能一心不斷悲憫眾苦，而為所有苦難之息止而祈禱、念佛、持咒或拜佛，則心通法界而免乎自限於滄海一粟之煩惱。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○三年元月五日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　於加州

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Mercy for All　Yutang Lin

Liberation from self is based on first seeing the reality;
All sorts of suffering constantly prevail in the universe.
Continue to pray single-mindedly for end of sufferings;
In oneness of Dharmadhatu no traces of self-set border.

Comment:

In order to become liberated from the tiny cell of self-centeredness, basically one needs to first recognize the reality. The reality is that in the universe all sorts of suffering constantly prevail everywhere. If one could single-mindedly and continuously maintain mercy for all beings that are suffering, and engage in praying, repeating the epithet of Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, repeating mantras of compassion, or making prostration to Buddhas or Bodhisattvas so as to supplicate for cessation of all sufferings, then one's mind is in oneness with the Dharmadhatu and will be free from sorrows that arise from enclosing oneself in a tiny nutshell that floats in an ocean.

Written in Chinese and translated on January 5, 2003
El Cerrito, California

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