菩萨在家，当愿众生，知家性空，免其逼迫。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第1偈) Bodhisattvas at home [who are laypeople],[should...
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Contemplation Verse When Standing
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A peony fallen – on top of one another, two petals, three petals. – Buson