只得尊重_Couldn't Help but to Respect

每個人的行止抉擇
決定了命途的演變
而後果的領受與承擔
他人也無從取代

因此
屢勸不聽
雖聽不從
別人也毫無辦法
只得由其自主
只得尊重各人對命途的取捨

資質、性情、器量、格局
生長的背景與遭遇
都把各個人綁得緊緊的
要解脫、要超越
談何容易

所以佛、菩薩的救渡
無邊無際
又無有止盡
而行者的悲憫
有增無減

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　二○○九年十一月十四日
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　養和齋　　　　　於加州

Couldn't Help but to Respect　Yutang Lin

Each one's choices of action or inaction
Determined the evolution of one's fate
And subsequent reception of consequences
That others could not take over

Therefore
Not listening to repeated advices
Listening to but would not follow
To these others could not help
But to let one be on one's own
But to respect each one's choice of one's own fate

Aptitude, propensity, capacity and scope of views
Background, environment and experiences encountered
All together tied one down to every details
To become emancipated, to transcend the worldly bounds
Surely easier said than done

And hence the salvation of all beings through Dharma is
Boundless and limitless
And also endless
While the compassionate feelings in a Dharma practitioner
Ever growing without fading

Written in Chinese on November 14, 2009
Translated on November 16, 2009
El Cerrito, California

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