Chapter on Serenity 静虑品

他虽犯大过，
欣然吾顶替；
自过纵微小，
众前诚忏悔。

When others are at fault, I’ll take
And turn the blame upon myself.
And all my sins, however slight,
Confess, and make them known to many.

吾当离安乐，
甘代他人苦；
时观念起处，
细察己过失。

Happiness, fulfillment: these I leave aside.
The pain of others: this I will embrace.
Inquiring of myself repeatedly,
I will become aware of all my faults.

#156
是故当尽心　勤行众生利；
牟尼无欺言，奉行必获益。

#157
若汝自往昔　素行利生事，
除获正觉乐，必不逢今苦。

#158
故汝于父母　一滴精血聚，
既可执为我，于他亦当习。

#159
应为他密探；见己有何物，
悉数尽盗取，以彼利众生。

#160
我乐他不乐，我高他卑下，
利己不顾人，何不反自妒？

我乐他不乐，
我高他卑下，
利己不顾人，
何不反自妒？

I indeed am happy, others sad;
I am high and mighty, others low;
I am helped while others are abandoned:
Why am I not jealous of myself?

应为他密探；
见己有何物，
悉数尽盗取，
以彼利众生。

Now be covetous for other’s sake,
Of everything you see that you possess.
Steal it, take it all away,
And use it for the benefit of others.

故汝于父母　
一滴精血聚，
既可执为我，
于他亦当习。

Just as you identify
A drop of other’s blood and sperm,
And cling to it as though it were yourself,
Now take sentient beings – others – as your self.

若汝自往昔　
素行利生事，
除获正觉乐，
必不逢今苦。

If, indeed, you had in former times
Embraced this work and undertaken it,
You could not still be lacking
In the perfect bliss of Buddhahood.

是故当尽心　
勤行众生利；
牟尼无欺言，
奉行必获益。

The truth, therefore, is this.
That you must wholly give yourself and take the other’ s place.
The Buddha did not lie in what he said-
You’ll see the benefits that come from it.

#151
据云此狂徒　欲与吾相争；
彼才貌慧识、种姓宁等我？

#152
故令闻众口　齐颂吾胜德，
毛竖心欢喜，浑然乐陶陶。

#153
彼富吾夺取；若为吾从仆，
唯予资生酬，其馀悉霸取。

#154
令彼乏安乐，恒常遇祸害。
我执于生死，百般折损我。

#155
汝虽欲自利，然经无数劫，
遍历大劬劳，执我唯增苦。

汝虽欲自利，
然经无数劫，
遍历大劬劳，
执我唯增苦。

O my mind, what countless ages
Have you spent in working for yourself?
And what great weariness it was,
While your reward was only misery!