恆河邊的牧童 Cowboy in India

拿著小短棍，小男孩趕著牛到岸邊喝水。

恆河邊的牧童，不知道有沒有聽過佛陀的教法？

牧牛好比牧心。

百般勸誘，千番告誡，就是要讓心回到『正途』（八正道）上。

This cowboy is looking after his cattle with a short stick nearby the Ganges.

I wonder whether he has ever heard the Buddha's teaching.

The Buddha usually compared the cultivation of mind with looking after cattle. 

You have to make a great effort to take your mind on the right path, 

which is the Noble Eightfold Path,

 either by encouragement or by admonishment.

當心終於習慣在正途上，也知道走在正途的利益，

就不必辛苦呵斥了。

看來，恆河邊的牧童，果然厲害。

When the mind has been trained constantly on the right path with the right view, 

it will be on the right track without hardship.

See! It seems that the cowboy has done an excellent job.

（2004 India Bodhi Gaya）