| dǎ | gōng | yǔ | xiū | fó |
| 打 | 工 | 与 | 修 | 佛 |
| fó | jiào | chuán | jiè | èr | qiān | wǔ |
| 佛 | 教 | 传 | 戒 | 二 | 千 | 五， |
| míng | lì | xiān | qù | zài | xiū | kǔ |
| 名 | 利 | 先 | 去 | 再 | 修 | 苦； |
| jīn | rì | hé | shàng | fā | gōng | zī |
| 今 | 日 | 和 | 尚 | 发 | 工 | 资， |
| shàng | bān | hái | yǒu | gōng | zuò | fú |
| 上 | 班 | 还 | 有 | 工 | 作 | 服。 |
| yī | jiǔ | jiǔ | wǔ | nián | shí | èr | yuè | èr | shí | wǔ | rì |
| 一 | 九 | 九 | 五 | 年 | 十 | 二 | 月 | 二 | 十 | 五 | 日 |
Being Employed and Cultivating Buddhahood
Buddhism has taught Precept for two thousand five hundred years,
Discard fame and material interest first,
then cultivate through hardship;
Today Buddhist monks are paid salaries,
At work there are even uniforms.
December 25, 1995
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