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| Cò trắng - Rick Nguyen |
CHIỀU THU
Ráng chiều cò trắng thong dong
Áng mây ửng phứt sắc hồng hoàng hôn
Thu hà tĩnh mịch vô ngôn
(Bát phong* mây khói tâm hồn vô vi).
* "Thịnh và suy, hủy và dự, xưng và cơ, khổ và lạc".
Worthy persons are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity, decline, disgrace, honor, praise, censure, pleasure, suffering...
The “eight winds” are eight influences that agitate and inflame the human heart and mind. They consist of four favorable circumstances (prosperity, honor, praise, and pleasure) and four setbacks (decline, disgrace, censure, and suffering). Their contents are roughly as follows:
Prosperity: to obtain what one desires
Decline: to suffer loss
Honor: to be admired and praised in one’s absence
Disgrace: to be criticized and defamed in one’s absence (behind one’s back)
Praise: to be admired and praised directly
Censure: to be criticized and defamed directly
Pleasure: to be happy in body and mind
Suffering: to suffer in body and mind
Source: Nichiren Shoshu True Buddhism
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