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中華文化佛教寶典

總監修／星雲大師

文╱佛光星雲（1927～）

樹木，沒有經過日晒雨淋，不能長高；

人才，沒有經過千鎚百鍊，不能健全。

汙泥可以長出蓮花，寒門可以培養孝子；

洪爐可以鍛鍊鋼鐵，困境可以成就偉人；

苦澀可以醞釀甘甜，煩惱可以轉為菩提。

喜捨好比播種，懂得播種，必然有所收成；

貪婪彷彿掘根，根本固，難望果實纍樹。

忙，像一把鋒利的慧劍，能斷妄想的葛藤；

忙，是點石成金的手指，能化腐朽為神奇；

忙，是營養調身的補品，使人生充滿生機

──選自《佛光菜根譚》

Vitality

Venerable Master Hsing Yun (1927~)

English translation: Man Ho and Zhi Yue

Trees cannot grow

unless bathed in heat and rain.

People cannot be pure

without strict training.*

Just as lotuses can grow out of mud,

filial children can be raised by a humble family.

Just as steel can be forged in a furnace,

greatness can be produced by adversity.

Just as sweet taste can be brewed from bitterness,

defilements can be transformed into Bodhi.

Joyful giving, like sowing seeds,

produces a rich harvest.

Greed, like pulling rice out by the root,

deprives us of a decent harvest.*

Keeping busy is like taking hold of the

sharp sword of wisdom;

It can cut off the entanglements of delusion.

Keeping busy is like

having a finger that turns stone into gold;

It can turn trash to treasure.

Keeping busy is like

taking nutrients for the body;

It gives life endless vitality.

── from Fo Guang Cai Gen Tan

(Roots of Wisdom; *The Everlasting Light)