榮枯 Prosperity and Adversity

枯榮，雖枯猶榮。

榮枯，似榮實枯。

How do you think about this picture?

Prosperity or adversity?

Well, it depends on the way how you look at and interpret it .

(2012 Chiayi Taiwan)

頂天立地 Standing Upright

小雖小，也要頂天立地。

Even a little creature has the ability

 to stand upright in the world.

(2004 SF)

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）

藍天白雲

陰雨綿綿連續數日，最盼的就是：

After days of rain, what will cheer you up?

一早看到陽光終於從雲背後透過來。

To see rays of sunshine piercing through the clouds in the morning.

有一整片藍天白雲。

White clouds and blue sky.

(2012 Chiayi Taiwan)

步佛足跡 The Buddha's Footprints

步佛足跡，步步生花。
Let's follow the Buddha's footprints,
and walk with delight in every step.
(2004 Bodhi Gaya)