Any worldly temptation which you crave,

Is the impermanent you should give away.

In order for your mind and character to shine,

On the Suffering Truth , you take a hard line.

If you want to practice, have a commitment,

And do not cling to any enjoyment.

The Patriarch Buddha will never be ungenerous,

To understand the Path Truth you must be arduous,

Then you will be amazed by the straight path,

At that time this is so miraculous, voilà!

The folks should make an effort to seek for the Tao,

You hardly find Us if, on this chance, you miss out.

Follow on with Eightfold Forbearance standards,

You will have a peace of mind in all areas.

The first forbearance is the Treatment of Others,

A decent person is hard to find in the world.

He travels far and wide to build his reputation,

And will wisely rise up for the right occasion.

Compliance with Precepts keeps mind in purity,

Which people must set for their top priority.

Neighborhood Forbearance applies at all places,

Then you attain a universal harmony.

The Parental Forbearance makes decency,

Then husband and wife should get mutual leniency.

Forbearing neighbors and seniors is astute,

Mental Forbearance makes daily beatitude.

Forbear anyone who is called the elderly,

Social Forbearance brings a lasting treaty.

Consistent integrity is important for sanction,

That gives you an all year round protection.

Next for mention is Ethical Forbearance ,

Then everything in the world is safe and sane.

Achieving Forbearance is a well-known treasury,

Affability will run across the community.

Morality emits a rare fragrance,

You must search for it if you want.

Heretic Cults have their secret plans,

You will suffer if you can’t avoid them.

They descend and rebuke across realms,

And dazzle people with their magic.

Those who crave witchcraft take their practices,

Once they fall into snares, they hardly survive.

We have not had our words shined,

In order to impassionate you.

The right and wrong are thought through,

For you to fast-track your source stream.

Choose the right-aged timber and famous beam,

Don’t be cheated by their attractive top paint.

So that, when the house faces a hurricane,

Its wooden frame should not be broken.

Many of our folks are not very intelligent,

Who don’t keep their cultural values.

Thus We conserve their moral truths,

To keep their traditions, We teach them how.

The people are still grabbling with the Tao,

As if a jungle had only a partial clearance.

Master and disciples defy our eel-like endurance,

For your salvage, We don’t care of being muddy.

We love you too much to go away comfortably,

We resolve to help you till the end of our lives.

As long as the lay people delude their minds,

We will not enjoy our Pure Land.

We teach you in a honest parlance,

If you don’t practice, it may be ‘cause of your dislike.

Like a small ladle takes water from a deep mine,

The population is too large to receive a good cover.

Therefore, meanwhile, a pen is our best helper,

To bring Tao as though soaking drought with rain.

To show you the thoughts of the Ancient,

And the mysteries of Buddhist Sutras.

People ridicule our teaching as a slander,

But We have never exploited any person.

You should be more or less vegetarian ,

So you can help protect the Dharma.

The mind’s purity relies on observing sila,

Prayer is to end one’s evil mentality.

Remember and recite empathy,

Even if you‘re busy, you should persist.

Wait for the Universe to restore its Genesis,

Like there used to be a man named Tu Phong .

He could tell the world fortune,

And used his flute music to calm people,

Material civilisation is a scramble.

Clashing interests lead to mutual elimination.

That touchs the Buddhas to a great depression,

Issuing Oracles to reprimand the lay person.

Rice being so dear as pearl, wood as cinnamon,

Either material or moral poverty is widespread.

We descend when the world is in dire straits,

So We must have been disdained by the brutish.

For compassion’s sake, We make the Foolish,

Who have to accept an excruciating torture.

We wish the world will emerge as a victor,

Only if global peace returns, We are happy.

Buddhas and Saints have limitless empathy,

They aspire for the world to herald its peace.

Thus they urge it to push for a sutra release,

So that people have themselves cleansed.

The rich belittle the poor and change friends,

That sentence which is in ‘the Bright Mind’.

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