真愛(The Real Love) 他們說: 那為何與鄰居爭吵不休 在人生的終點 讓我們共享壯麗的地球 在佛門前或聖彼得面前, 讓我告訴你們 品茗享用糕點 就是那樣!你看! 我們不用一直掠奪土地,
親愛的兄弟啊
清海無上師創作於2011年4月(原文為英文) |
The Real Love
They said:
“The world is small”
But it ain’t that small!
There's plenty room
For you and me and all…
So why this bickering with our neighbor
For a few meters more –
Even a few kilometers,
Or say another mountain and river!
Don’t you feel rather “small”?
At the end of our sojourn
What do we get after all?
One squeezy square meter
If we are lucky!
To lie down forever
Let’s share the splendid Earth
And do everything to make it better
Even the worms don’t rival
With the butterflies or the birds
Why do we humans try so mightily?
Against each other
Make life a real misery
And even shorter!
What will we tell at the Buddha’s gate,
Or to Saint Peter?
All the stuff we did on Earth,
To bring pain and to suffer…
Oh dear man!
Let me tell you something
Just go hang…
Yourself on the hammock
Between the shadowing coconut
Graceful tall trees!
Enjoy some cake and tea
Feel the gentle breeze
That cools all folly
There…there! You see!
…Ah!..tons of things
We can do our heart to please
Some small and great pleasure
Let it all be…
Let's make life more simple
Let our demands be little.
Then you’ll know
Happiness ever more and more!
Then we don't have to go on snatching land,
Nor have we to hurry on converting man:
It’s not how many in a belief system
It’s what become of them!
It’s not the name of a religious order
It’s what we make of the name!
It’s not how crowded a religion
It’s how much into world peace their contribution
It’s not our words
It’s rather louder our actions.
What is going to be our legend
In the long history of humans?
Will it be right and just
Will it be noble and benevolent?
Or just a grim picture
Soaked in anguished bloody paint!
Why always boast about our Heavenly root:
Oh! Almighty God’s beloved children!
While our life is tainted with all evils
While our survival
Is the cost of others’ extinction!
What is the mark of the “chosen”?
Is it just the bloodstain on your hands?
Be it from animals or man’s!
Oh my dear brothers
I wanted to write you a long loving letter
With thousands more questioning words
But I am dumbfounded
Watching the madness
Of it all.
Tell me:
When or will we ever
Represent Heaven on Earth?