粗細_Rough or Detail

作風粗細
　固然出乎天性
但隨見解所在
　也可調節
　　
識大體　難免粗略
要穩妥　節骨眼上需細心

惜時省力　便需粗枝大葉
一味精挑細檢　難以開展

粗中帶細　還需本來細緻
細而能放　多虧眼界夠寬

佛示修行鬆緊猶如調弦
修行生活中
　何處當粗略　何處宜細膩
行者也要自己摸索　體會
以便省時專注於修行及佛事
而又不為表相所拘所局

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○七年十二月廿三日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　　於加州

Rough or Detail　Yutang Lin

Rough or detail in one's handling of matters
　　　　 Certainly has to do with individual propensity
However, as views migrate with age and experiences
　　　　 Degrees of refinement may be adjusted

Viewing the whole picture
　　　　 Difficult not to overlook details
To ascertain reliability
　　　　 Need to be careful at crucial joints

To save time and efforts
　　　　 One proceeds with thick branches and large leaves
All the time choosing fine points and picking needles
　　　　 Hard to step out wide and far

Sketching without missing the fine lines
　　　　 It took original sensibility
Refined and yet capable of letting go details
　　　　 Thanks to an open panorama

Buddha taught us to practice loose and tight like tuning a zither
In daily life of a practitioner
　　　　 Where to overlook and where to be attentive
Are to be groped and figured out gradually
So as to save time and concentrate on Dharma practices and activities
Without being hindered and confined by appearances and formality

Written in Chinese on December 23, 2007
Translated on December 24, 2007
El Cerrito, California

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