文／林清玄（1953~）

生活裡的很多記憶像是一個個小小的旅店，而人像乘者一匹不停向前奔跑的驛馬，每次回頭，過去的事物就永遠成為離自己而去的小小旅店，所有的歡樂與悲痛，所有的沉澱與激情，甚至所有的成功與失敗都在那些旅店裡，到當天傍晚，我們就要投宿另一個旅店了。

情深，萬象皆深

我們要輕輕的走路、用心的過活；我們要溫和的呼吸、柔軟的關懷；我們要深刻的思想、廣大的慈悲；我們要愛惜一株青草、踐地唯恐地痛。這些，都是修行。──選自《林清玄散文集》

Small Hotel

Lin Ching-hsuan (1953 -)

English translation: Fo Guang Shan Tsung Lin University

The many memories in life are like a series of small hotels, while we pass by them like a galloping horse. Every time we glance back, the happenings of the past are like hotels that become smaller and smaller, and leave us for good. All the happiness and grief, calmness and excitement, as well as all successes and failures remain. When the evening comes, we would then have to lodge in another small hotel.

With Deep Emotions,

Everything Becomes Deep

We need to walk lightly and live mindfully. We need to breathe gently and care for others tenderly. We need to think deeply and be immensely compassionate. We need to cherish every tree and every blade of grass. We need to tread the earth as if in fear of causing it pain. These are all ways of cultivation.

── from Lin Qingxuan Sanwen

(Essays by Lin Ching-Hsuan)