1月23日

佛寺楹聯 ─ 杭州上天竺寺(法喜寺)
世路崎嶇，看迷人捷足登山，爭利懸崖無退路；
佛天悲憫，願眾生回頭是岸，早離苦海渡慈航。

──選自《佛光教科書》

January 23th

Temple Couplets - Upper Tianzhu Temple, Hangzhou (Faxi Temple)
English translation: John Balcom

Rough and rugged is the way of the world;
Watch the confused people spur
Themselves up the mountain,
Struggling for advantages
On cliffs with no way back.
Compassionate is the Buddha and Heaven;
Wishing that sentient beings
Turn their heads and find a safe harbor,
And quickly cross the sea of suffering
In the boat of loving kindness.

── from Foguang Jiaokeshu (Fo Guang Essential Guide to Buddhism)