Wednesday, July 10, 2019

On Crossing Without a Ferry (Han Shan)


Ignorance in a prior lifetime
Makes awakening less certain today

Whatever seems lacking in this life
Always stems from a prior life’s wrongs

And if you don’t strive to improve today
The next life will proceed as before

There’s no ferry boat waiting
On either shore of this vast expanse
Yet somehow we manage the hard crossing 


生前大愚痴
今日悟
今日如许贫
是前生作

今生又不修
来生如故
两岸各无船
渺渺难济

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