Redirecting "Oneself" to All Beings Yutang Lin
Generally speaking
A person's thoughts are mostly about and for
oneself
Even Dharma practitioners
Could hardly change this habitual tendency
Whenever one thinks about oneself
One could redirect the thought on oneself
As referring to all sentient beings
And then one's mind no longer remains narrow and
self-reflecting
But opens up to boundless expanse
The minor sufferings and hardships that one was
preoccupied with
Would be replaced by
Great sufferings and calamities that are always
present everywhere
Thus one would be awakened in awe
As to how one's mind could be so attached in
delusion to a small spot
In complete neglect and oblivion of the whole
panorama
If one could constantly redirect one's thoughts in
this manner
Taking all sentient beings as oneself
And think of all beings as soon as one thinks about
one's tiny self
Compassion and wisdom will naturally grow from
thought to thought
Attainment of awakening and full enlightenment
And then helping all beings to attain enlightenment
Through endless salvation activities
Could all be expected to become realized in time
Written in Chinese and translated on March 12, 2011
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