善能是南宋的一位禪師,他常說:不可以一朝風月,而昧卻萬古常空;不可以萬古常空,而不明一朝風月。且道如何是一朝風月?人皆畏炎熱,我愛夏日長;薰風自南來,殿閣生微涼,會與不會,切忌承當。
人經常要等到艱苦的日子已經過去了,才能體會艱苦的那段時日也有快樂的一面。如能在當時就體會得到,那麼夏天也有夏天的好,冬天也有冬天的妙了。
Shangneng was a Zen master during the southern Song dynasty who often said:
Do not let one day’s clear moon,obscure the eternal emptiness of the interminable past;
Do not let the eternal emptiness of the interminable past,obscure one day’s clear moon.
And what is this」one day’s clear moon」?
Everyone dislikes a day of stifling heat,but I revel in a long summer day;
A fragrant breeze blows from the south,and the temples and pavilions become slightly cooler,whether you understand or not,just concern yourself with the matters at hand.
We often discover a certain joy in hardship after the hardship in over.If we can discover it while it is happening,then summer will have its goodness and winter will have its wonders.