zhōngxiū

chángrénnánzhīxiūliànkǔ  
苦,
zhēngzhēngdòudòudàngzuòfú  
福;
xiūzhízhuólòu  
漏,
gānláishìzhēnfú  
福。

jiǔjiǔnián jiǔyuèshí



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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