獻給旅行者365日

中華文化佛教寶典

總監修／星雲大師

文／琦君（1917～2006）

生命的歷程是多麼悲苦，卻又是多麼壯麗！牡蠣如不努力排除障礙，就不會產生光澤的珍珠；眼睛如不排除砂子，就不會有那麼多淚水來洗滌。我相信每個人心靈中都應當有一粒珍珠，它就是排除困難的毅力與智慧。這粒珍珠是隨著人的年齡、學識與修養而逐漸長大，逐漸變得更晶瑩圓潤的。

──選自《細雨燈花落》

Pearl (Excerpt)

Chi Chun (1917 ~2006)

English translation: Venerable Zhi Yue

The course of life is so sorrowful, but how magnificent it is! If oysters did not put in great efforts to eliminate impediments, they would not be able produce lustrous pearls; if our eyes do not need to remove dusts, they would not produce so many tears. I believe that everyone has a pearl within their hearts: it is the perseverance and the wisdom to remove difficulties. This pearl grows with a person’s age, knowledge, and cultivation, gradually becoming more translucent, smooth, and round.

── from Xiyu Denghua Luo

(Shower of the Sweet Osmanthus Flower)