空山不見人，但聞人語響。
返景入深林，復照青苔上。
– 唐．王维《鹿柴》
No one is in sight in the empty mountains,
Only echoes of voices are heard.
The light casts shadows deep into the forest,
And again illuminates the green moss.
– Wei Wang from Tang Dysnasty
Shifu’s comment:
A beautiful, quiet scene from a walk on a Forest Monastery mountain path. This famous poem immediately sprang to mind. In mere few words the poet integrated vast mountain, deep forest, evening sunlight, nearby moss rocks, human sounds, and hidden persons to convey a harmonious scene that is both quiet and alive. Who can appreciate this natural beauty? One whose mind is calm, observant. and in the present.
師父隨語:
在禪林的山路上，偶見此景，王維的詩立刻浮現心頭。短短十餘字，詩人將廣闊的山，深密樹林，夕陽斜照，青苔日影，空靈人語，融入了一幅既靜謐、又有生機的自然絕景。誰能體會這俯拾即是的美？一個寧靜、覺照、當下的心。
Prajna Forest Monastery Renovation Update 般若禪林整修進展：
般若禪林太陽能板已於7/22 日正式啓動。如圖示，日中時產電量為8千瓦x2(黃、藍圖標)，而用電量(紅屋圖標)為數百瓦至數千瓦。多餘的電能送回電網，供晚上、陰天時使用。一個多月內我們已生產超過4,900 kWh 的電能(E-Total)，大部分未使用，就當禪林為環境盡的一點小心意吧！
The solar panels are activated on July 22.
