助渡得渡　林鈺堂

日夜見証生死苦，自然體會倖免無；
修習慈悲常祈安，屢順大心離偏執。

跋

修習慈悲，屢為眾苦祈安。於助渡之行持中，見証生死之苦、無常之速，而得超乎理解之體驗。助渡之無盡事業方興未艾，而行者已於此中蒙受覺醒之大益，無以言傳矣！

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○二年八月二十日　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

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Awakening through Helping Others　Yutang Lin

Day and night witnessing the suffering of life and death,
Naturally realized that there will be exemption for none.
To cultivate compassion one prays often for others' sake.
Repeatedly conformed to Bodhi, one stays off prejudices.

Comments:

To cultivate compassion one repeatedly prays for others' well-being. Through such practices to help save others one witnesses constantly the sufferings of life and death and the swiftness of the pace of impermanence. Thereby one gains experiences of suffering and impermanence beyond mere conceptual understanding. While the endless career of helping others to attain salvation has just started, the practitioner has already received through such participation much great benefits of awakening that could not be communicated in words.

Written in Chinese and translated on August 20, 2002
El Cerrito, California

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