願 A Vow

願A Wish

愿

南普陀寺裏的大石，雨後稍微覺得乾淨，不過綠苔多長一些．天涯底淡霞好像The great stones in Nanputuo Temple seemed a little cleaner after the rain, though the green moss had grown thicker. The pale glow on the horizon seemed

南普陀寺里的大石，雨后稍微觉得干净，不过绿苔多长一些．天涯底淡霞好像

給我們一個天晴底信．樹林裏底虹氣，被陽光分成七色．樹上，雄蟲求雌底聲，淒涼得to promise us clear weather. The rainbow mist in the grove was divided by the sunlight into seven colors. In the trees, the cries of male insects seeking their mates were so desolate

给我们一个天晴底信．树林里底虹气，被阳光分成七色．树上，雄虫求雌底声，凄凉得

使人不忍聽下去．妻子坐在石上，見我來，就問，『你從那里來？that one could hardly bear to go on listening. My wife was sitting on a stone; when she saw me coming, she asked, “Where have you been?我等你許久了．』I have been waiting for you for ages.”

使人不忍听下去．妻子坐在石上，见我来，就问，『你从那里来？我等你许久了．』

『我領着孩子們到海邊檢貝殼咧．阿琼檢着一個破貝，雖不完全，裏面卻像藏“I took the children to the seashore to gather shells. Ah Qiong found a broken shell; though it was not whole, inside it seemed to hold

『我领着孩子们到海边检贝壳咧．阿琼检着一个破贝，虽不完全，里面却像藏

着珠子底樣子．等他來到，我教他拿出來給你看一看．』something like a pearl. When he comes, I shall have him take it out and show it to you.”

着珠子底样子．等他来到，我教他拿出来给你看一看．』

『在這樹蔭底下坐着，眞舒服呀！“It is truly delightful to sit here beneath the shade of these trees!我們天天到這里來，多麼好呢！』How wonderful it would be if we came here every day!”

『在这树荫底下坐着，真舒服呀！我们天天到这里来，多么好呢！』

妻說：『你那里能夠……？』My wife said, “But how could you possibly…?”

妻说：『你那里能够……？』

『爲什麽不能？』“Why not?”

『为什么不能？』

『你應當作蔭，不應當受蔭．』“You ought to provide shade, not sit in it.”

『你应当作荫，不应当受荫．』

『你願我作這樣底蔭麽？』『這樣底蔭算什麽！“Would you have me provide shade like this?” “What does shade like this amount to?我願你作無邊寶華蓋，能普蔭一切世間諸有情．願你爲如I wish that you might become a boundless canopy of precious blossoms, sheltering all sentient beings throughout the world. I wish that you might become a pure, radiant, wish-fulfilling

『你愿我作这样底荫么？』『这样底荫算什么！我愿你作无边宝华盖，能普荫一切世间诸有情．愿你为如

意淨明珠，能普照一切世間諸有情．願你爲降魔金剛杵，能破壞一切世間諸障礙．願pearl, illuminating all sentient beings throughout the world. I wish that you might become a demon-subduing vajra, shattering every obstacle in the world. I wish

意净明珠，能普照一切世间诸有情．愿你为降魔金刚杵，能破坏一切世间诸障碍．愿

你爲多寶盂蘭盆，能盛百味，滋養一切世間諸飢渴者．願你有六手，十二手，百手，千萬that you might become a many-jeweled Ullambana bowl, able to hold a hundred flavors and nourish all the hungry and thirsty throughout the world. I wish that you had six hands, twelve hands, a hundred hands, ten million

你为多宝盂兰盆，能盛百味，滋养一切世间诸饥渴者．愿你有六手，十二手，百手，千万

手，無量數那由他如意手，能成全一切世間等等美善事．』hands—countless nayutas of wish-fulfilling hands—so that you might accomplish every good and beautiful deed in the world.”

手，无量数那由他如意手，能成全一切世间等等美善事．』

我說：『極善，極妙！I said, “Excellent, excellent! Most marvelous!但我願做調味底精鹽，滲入等等食品中，把自己底形骸融散，But I wish to become the fine salt that gives savor, seeping into every kind of food, dissolving my bodily form,

我说：『极善，极妙！但我愿做调味底精盐，渗入等等食品中，把自己底形骸融散，

且囘復當時在海裏底面目，使一切有情得嘗鹹味，而不見鹽體．』and returning to the form I had when I was in the sea, so that all sentient beings may taste the saltiness without ever seeing the salt itself.”

且囘复当时在海里底面目，使一切有情得尝咸味，而不见盐体．』

妻子說：『只有調味，就能使一切有情都滿足嗎？』My wife said, “Can flavoring alone satisfy all sentient beings?”

妻子说：『只有调味，就能使一切有情都满足吗？』

我說：『鹽底功用，若只在調味，那就不配稱爲鹽了．』I said, “If salt served only to give flavor, it would not deserve to be called salt.”

我说：『盐底功用，若只在调味，那就不配称为盐了．』