Chapter on Serenity 静虑品

#166
莫令汝此身，猛现顽强相，
令如初嫁媳，羞畏极谨慎。

#167
坚持利他行，切莫伤众生；
妄动应制止，逾矩当治罚。

#168
纵已如是诲，汝犹不行善，
众过终归汝，届时唯受罚。

#169
昔时受汝制，今日吾已觉，
无论至何处，悉摧汝骄慢。

#170
今当弃此念：尚享自权益。
汝已售他人，莫哀应尽力！

今当弃此念：
尚享自权益。
汝已售他人，
莫哀应尽力！

Every thought of working for myself
Is utterly rejected, cast aside.
“Now that you’ve been sold to others,
Stop your whining, be of service!”

昔时受汝制，
今日吾已觉，
无论至何处，
悉摧汝骄慢。

The time when you could do me harm
is in the past, and now is here no more.
Now I see you ! Where will you escape?
I’ll bring you down, and all your haughty insolence.

纵已如是诲，
汝犹不行善，
众过终归汝，
届时唯受罚。

And so, O mind, if still you will refuse,
Though you have been so lengthily advised,
Since every evil has its roots in you,
You are indeed now ripe for punishment!

坚持利他行，
切莫伤众生；
妄动应制止，
逾矩当治罚。

That’ s how it should be and stay!
And if it lapses, bring it forcibly to heel
With antidotes, and if these fail,
Well then, apply the lash!

莫令汝此身，
猛现顽强相，
令如初嫁媳，
羞畏极谨慎。

Do not let it strut about the place,
So arrogant, so overbearing.
But like a newly wedded bride,
Let it be demure and blushing, timorous and shy!

#161
吾当离安乐，甘代他人苦；
时观念起处，细察己过失。

#162
他虽犯大过，欣然吾顶替；
自过纵微小，众前诚忏悔。

#163
显扬他令誉，以此匿己名；
役自如下仆，勤谋众人利。

#164
此身过本多，德寡奚足夸？
故当隐己德，莫令他人知。

#165
往昔为自利，所行尽害他；
今为他谋利，愿害悉归我！

往昔为自利，
所行尽害他；
今为他谋利，
愿害悉归我！

All the harm, in short, my ego does
To its advantage and to others’ cost,
May all of it descend upon itself,
To its own hurt – to others’ benefit.

此身过本多，
德寡奚足夸？
故当隐己德，
莫令他人知。

This ego is by nature rife with defects,
Its accidental talents I should hide, not praise.
Wherever qualities it has I will conceal,
That they remain unknown to everyone.

显扬他令誉，
以此匿己名；
役自如下仆，
勤谋众人利。

The fame of others I will magnify
That it might thus outshine my own.
Among them I will be as one who serves,
My lowly labor for their benefit.