流水下山非有意 / liú shuǐ xià shān fēi yǒu yì /
Water Streams Down a Mountain Without Intention
Category:
One Stroke Calligraphy_Poetry 一筆字：古德悟道詩
Description:
流水下山非有意
宋 此菴守淨禪師（生卒年不詳）
流水下山非有意，片雲歸洞本無心；
人生若能如雲水，鐵樹開花遍界春。
──《續古尊宿語要》卷五
Water Streams Down a Mountain Without Intention
Ci’an Shoujing (Years unknown, Song Dynasty)
English translation: Cindy Choi
Water streams down a mountain without intention,
A cloud floats into a cave without a conscious mind;
If life can be like cloud and water,
Iron trees will blossom and spring will pervade.
── from Xu Guzunsu Yuyao (Supplementary Recorded Sayings of the Ancient Worthies)
References:
星雲大師全集【書法類】古德悟道詩 The Complete Works of Venerable Master Hsing Yun: Calligraphy-Poetry
