| cháng | rén | nán | zhī | xiū | liàn | kǔ |
| 常 | 人 | 难 | 知 | 修 | 炼 | 苦, |
| zhēng | zhēng | dòu | dòu | dàng | zuò | fú |
| 争 | 争 | 斗 | 斗 | 当 | 作 | 福; |
| xiū | dé | zhí | zhuó | wú | yī | lòu |
| 修 | 得 | 执 | 著 | 无 | 一 | 漏, |
| kǔ | qù | gān | lái | shì | zhēn | fú |
| 苦 | 去 | 甘 | 来 | 是 | 真 | 福。 |
| yī | jiǔ | jiǔ | sì | nián |
jiǔ | yuè | shí | wǔ | rì |
| 一 | 九 | 九 | 四 | 年 | 九 | 月 | 十 | 五 | 日
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Cultivating Amidst the Delusion
Ordinary people do not understand the pain of cultivation,
Happiness to them is vying and competing;
Cultivate, my disciples, ‘til no single omission is found,
And with the passing of all adversity,
will come the sweetness of true joy.
September 15, 1994
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