謙讓 Yielding

 謙讓

有時候讀者會勸我說：
不要對立，
我接受了建議，把一些諷刺性的文字刪除，

刪除那一些不重要的立場，
緊接著很多人開心的希望我文章全部刪完，
不然就關閉南禪的資訊，
哈哈😄

能讓嗎？
讓的結果別人就希望你全軍覆沒。
我才會寫說：
我們受儒家思想影響太深了！
都願意先讓自己吃虧，
讓敵人快樂拍手這一切才會圓滿？

我寫的佛法文章是我一生的研究，全部刪掉嗎？

那我就從容就義好了。
站著死比躺著死，光榮。

半寄

 

Yielding

 

At times, readers urge me:

“Don’t create conflict.”

I accepted this and removed my more satirical remarks.

 

After letting go of those minor positions,

many then went further—hoping I would erase everything,

or even shut down all NanZen communication.

How amusing 😄

 

But can one simply give in?

Concession invites expectation—

until others demand your total defeat.

 

This is why I say:

we are too deeply shaped by Confucian values.

We are conditioned to accept loss first,

believing that only when others are satisfied can harmony be achieved.

 

Yet my writings on Buddhism represent a lifetime of study.

Am I to delete them all?

 

If that is the only path,

then I would rather meet my end with composure and dignity.

To die standing is honor;

to fall without resistance is not.

 

Master Banji