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5/10: HAPPY WAS THE WORLD: TO MOTHER
Yu Guangzhong (1928 - )English translation: Yu Guangzhong
Happy was the world
Where, when first we met,
You greeted me with a smile,
And I answered with a cry
That move heaven and earth.
Sad was the world
Where, when at last we parted,
I saw you off with a cry,
And you answered with a silence
That closed heaven and earth.
Strange was the world
Where, seeing you first to last,
I always cried aloud
How with your smile the world began
And how without it bliss ended.
── from Yu Guangzhong Shixuan
(Selected Poems by Yu Guangzhong)
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Humble Table, Wise Fare
INSPIRATION
Recorded by Leann Moore 0:16
Words of praise are like perfume:
even a small drop
will fill the air all around.
The voice of admonishment is like
a majestic bell:
even a small toll
will shake the world.
Dharma Instruments
Venerable Master Hsing Yun grants voices to the objects of daily monastic life to tell their stories in this collection of first-person narratives.
Sutras Chanting
The Medicine Buddha SutraMedicine Buddha, the Buddha of healing in Chinese Buddhism, is believed to cure all suffering (both physical and mental) of sentient beings. The Medicine Buddha Sutra is commonly chanted and recited in Buddhist monasteries, and the Medicine Buddha’s twelve great vows are widely praised.
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