天若有情天亦老

Complex of Love

-   「Were Nature sentimental, it too would have grown old」 ~ Nature works and communicates endlessly

Rows of bonsais can be seen on the way to the Chi Lin Nunnery.  These bonsai trees are locked and threaded with chains at their feet.  Small bonsais may induce the greed of passerby, so the owner locks the bonsais for safety sake.

在祥和的淨苑門前，放上被懲罰的樹木，是很強烈的對比．幸好人是無情，天卻有情！2006年，一棵樹木腳下的鐵鏈旁，生出了小形黃色菌類，像是為眾生誦經，開解鬱結．

這個情景有擁有者對人性的恐懼．有鐵鏈鎖在樹木的無情．有無辜樹木被人類鎖著的怨懟．有路人看到此情景的憐憫．有小形菌類顯示的慈悲．

仁者見仁，智者見智．谷主見到的是慈悲．你又見到什麼呢？

In front of the serene nunnery standing the punished trees – what a contrast!  Fortunately, even though men are relentless, the nature is compassionate!  In 2006, some small yellow fungi were seen growing around the foot of a tree near the chain.  It looked as if they were praying for all living creatures and disentangling our melancholy.

Just one scene reveals different sentiments:  the fear of human nature from the owner; the mercilessness of chaining the trees; the resentment of the innocent bonsais which are being locked; the sympathy of passerby to the innocent trees; the lenity of the fungi….. 

The benevolent see benevolence and the wise see wisdom.  I see lenity.  How about you?

*translated by Mary Chung

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