此刻即離　林鈺堂

臨終念佛
誰能做到
若待臨終才要斷絕塵念
必然無力做到
只有時時練習斷絕塵念
而以持念佛號渡日
臨終才能自然地一心念佛

同理
老是要講道理
　　 誰是誰非　誰高誰下
或是以道理回應
　　 辨別正誤　堅持黑白
都一樣是陷在思慮之中
只有立即離念
　　 怎樣都好
才能一掃籠罩心地的迷霧
頓見本來清淨的晴空

修行要得力
莫待機緣
此刻即離
一切思念考慮

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○九年十月十一日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　於加州

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Renounce at this Instant　Yutang Lin

One person, so minute
One lifetime, brief as lightning
No matter how diligent
What can be accomplished is too limited

In light of these facts
What can Dharma practices accomplish
To escape from transmigration
　　　　How could beginningless past karmic debts be cleared
Attaining enlightenment and saving all beings
　　　　Certainly sound like babbles of an ignorant dreamer

Therefore, believing in Buddha and engaging in Dharma practices
One need to make sure that one comprehends the Dharmadhatu Mind
　　　　Dharmadhatu is originally boundless and limitless
　　　　Dharmadhatu is originally in oneness
As long as one believes deeply in this without doubts
All Dharma activities are functions of the whole Dharmadhatu
And hence beginningless past karma can be extinguished
Countless sentient beings can be universally helped and saved
Ten Directions and Three Times have neither boundaries nor barriers
Bodhi aspirations and activities prevail everywhere forever

To the arising of any limited mind and view
A Dharma practitioner should know to pity oneself
How could one, for such a trifle, renounce
　　　　Buddha's Dharmakaya, Buddha's compassion and Buddha's wisdom

Written in Chinese and translated on August 26, 2009
El Cerrito, California

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