DharmoRock

As the Chinese say, "rare is precious", here in Seattle, one can get excited and all cheerful just by seeing sunshine. In California nobody gives a second thought about it. Perhaps it is the same with the Dharma? When it is too accessible, it's easy to forget how precious it is.

Here are a couple of pictures of the DharmoRock we got in front of Buddha Jewel. Doesn't it look like a natural Bodhidharma statue? And it arrived at the local rock center just as a month ago. Must be sent by Bodhisattva Sangharama, the Dharma Guardian of temples.

「物以稀為貴」，在西雅圖，單是見到陽光就能讓人心情開朗無比。而在加州，都不以為意。佛法也是如此嗎？太容易得到了就忘了法之珍貴。

這是佛寶寺前的「達磨石」，不正像渾然天成的達磨祖師嗎？正好在上個月前到達西雅圖的石材中心，肯定是護法伽藍送來的。




Neither give rise to aversion when seeing evil,
Nor be overzealous when seeing good;
Neither forsake wisdom to be ignorant,
Nor reject delusion to pursue enlightenment.
Realizing the Great Way exceeds all limits,
Entering the Buddha Mind is liberation.
Linger with neither the mundane nor the divine,
Transcending all, one is known as a "Patriarch."

亦不睹惡而生嫌，亦不觀善而勤措。
亦不捨智而近愚，亦不拋迷而就悟。
達大道兮過量，通佛心兮出度。
不與凡聖同躔，超然名之曰祖。