Shurangama Mantra with Verses and Commentary

by Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua

157. TÔ MA LÔ BA

蘇摩嚧波

 

 

Ái nhân bất thân cố kỳ nhân

Lễ bỉ phất đáp kính vị chân

Hồi quang phản chiếu cầu chư kỷ

Cảm ứng đạo giao mạc mê thần.

 

愛人不親顧其仁

禮彼弗答敬未真

迴光返照求諸己

感應道交莫迷神

If you cherish others, and thy don't draw near to you, take a look at your kindness;

If you respect others, but they don't reciprocate, your reverence is not yet true.

Turn the light to illumine within, and seek the answer inside.

The response and the Way intertwine; don't confuse this with God.