有的人期待別人的回答
都是一五一十 全盤托出
如果發覺不合期許
就有被騙的感覺
做出激烈的反應
就是法官、檢察官
也不見得能得到完整的回話
我們又憑甚麼 問東問西呢
別人又為甚麼 要一一報告呢
世事往往複雜 一言難盡
東說西說 難免傷人敗事
存心好 顧人隱私
極宜守口如瓶 輕輕帶過
討你好 口若懸河者
今天可以為你出賣他人
明日難免轉念將你洩底
知道那麼多別人的事 又如何
難道還不知道人間只是
老病死 老病死 無盡的苦循環
一個小腦袋 又能知道多少呢
多管別人的閒事
您會快樂嗎
您能得解脫嗎
除非您能藉之教示佛法
不然 還是收起妄執
好好自修吧
醒醒 小心眼
你被騙的感覺
出乎愚迷的執著
而不是有誰對不起您
二○○七年十月廿六日
養和齋 於加州
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Feeling of Being Cheated
Feeling of Being Cheated Yutang Lin
Some expected others' replies
To be detailed and at full length
When learned to be otherwise
Feeling of being cheated arose
Vehement reactions poured out
Even judges and district attorneys
Might not obtain complete answers
How could one ask questions as one wishes
Why should others report to one all details
Worldly matters are often complicated, and hardly describable in few words
As one mentions this and mentions that, people and matters might get damaged
With good intentions, and care for others' privacy
It is only prudent to keep one's mouth tight, and talk about things at surface
Intending to please, and let words pour like river flowing from the mouth
Such a person can betray others for you today
Will probably reveal your secrets to others tomorrow
Knowing so much about others' matters, so what
Aren't you still unaware that in the human realm it is only
Senility, illness, death senility, illness, death endless recycling of suffering
With only a small head, how much can you know
Minding so much of others' matters, out of your way
Will this make you happy
Can you thus gain liberation
Unless you could use such opportunities to convey Dharma
Otherwise, it would be better to wrap up such deluded grasping
And devote your energy to practice Dharma diligently
Wake up, narrow mind-sight one
Your feeling of being cheated
Was born of ignorant and deluded grasping
But not due to someone's betrayal
Written in Chinese and translated on October 26, 2007
El Cerrito, California
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