2012

(Chinese Only)

近幾年，每次我看見大樹，心裡都充滿感慨。即使如何的風吹雨打，他們仍然屹立不倒；再猛烈的陽光，他們的綠葉亦閃閃生光非常燦爛；鳥兒可以自由自在地在它的懷抱裏唱歌，樹葉在微風中諳律地跳舞，非常美麗。大樹彷彿就是有一顆不動的心，每刻都很平靜，什麼都能接納及包容，不用擔心何時要離開，因為他們即使枯萎了，樹幹仍會留在同一個地方。我真的很羨慕，心底裡希望下一生至未來世永遠都能成為一顆大樹，不用再擔心任何的變遷。

Without the Root, the Tree is not a Tree

Without the Trunk, the Tree is not a Tree
Without the Leaves, the Tree is not a Tree
So, which is more important, the Root, the Trunk, the Leaves?

For the Year of the Dragon
In 1976, the Year of the Dragon, Zen Master Seung Sahn had written a poem like this :

Here is Jin, which is Truth.
Jin Song means True Pine Tree-
True Pine Tree has no roots.
Jin Kwang means True Light-
True Light has no shadow.

Jin Um means True Sound-
That is the sound of the flute with no holes.
What does it mean?
If you find the dragon's tooth hair
Then show it to me;
Then I'll tell you that 1976
Is the year of the Dragon.

2012 is also a dragon year. How can the above poem help us in this year of 2012?