[1031]
The truth of any matter
is usually more simple or more complex;
seldom exactly what we assume it to be.
[1032]
Instead of endless lamenting
of past fruits long gone,
have diligent cultivating
of future fruits to come.
[1033]
Mere hoping for a dream
to come true is like
mere wishing for a fruit to grow well,
without nurturing its seed.
[1034]
If we keep learning,
the older we are,
the wiser we get;
instead of getting more steeped
in deep-set ignorance.
[1035]
May we be as humbly repentful
for all our misgivings
as we are joyfully grateful
for all our blessings.
[1036]
Even eating 1 animal
is 1 too many an animal.
我们要度一切众生，
不是肚一些众生。
[1037]
因为一般人士，
依人而不依法，
邪师所说对的，
也不应该提倡。
[1038]
It is nice to be nice,
but the nice is not always right.
It is nasty to be nasty,
but the nasty is not always wrong.
[1039]
Improve your ‘self’ conventionally first,
to realise non-self ultimately later –
which is your true ‘self’.
[1040]
It is not realisation of truth that hurts.
It is attachment to delusion that hurts.