Poem: Yesterday and Today

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Yesterday’s understanding was too shallow.
Today’s understanding will not be unchanged.
Tempered in cultivation through harsh trials
The vajra[1] will eventually form atop the pure lotus.
Abandon attachments, cling to nothing.
The boat sails rapidly,
Moving swiftly on.
Ahead lies a glorious future,
Why be attached to the past
Restrained by your own sentimentality?

October 18, 2002

[1] - a term refering to a body of an immortal

Translated from Chinese at:
http://www.yuanming.net/articles/200212/14828.html

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