總監修／星雲大師

送針工

文／元．石屋清珙（1272-1352）

手攜刀尺走諸方，線去針來日日忙，

量盡別人長與短，自家長短幾時量？

──選自《福源石屋珙禪師語錄》

Needlework

Shiwu Qinggong (1272 - 1352, Yuan Dynasty)

English translation: John Balcom

Going everywhere with scissors

and measuring stick,

The thread goes, the needle comes;

busy every day.

Having measured everyone’s long and short,

When will I measure my own long and short?

── from Fuyuan Shiwu Gong Chanshi Yulu

(Records of Chan Master Shiwu

Qinggong of Fuyuan Temple)