BLUE MOON  藍月

2015.7.31.

The second full moon in July!

It's so big, shining so bright and so perfectly-rounded.

It does not happen very often: Once in a blue moon.

今年七月可以看到兩次的月圓，月底的這一次就叫藍月。

看著此刻的藍月上昇，兒子驚呼：

"好圓的月亮，大的都快掉下來了！"

這樣的明月,真的不常有!

Avalokistesvara (水月)觀音

這照片攝於台北市重慶南路的一家專門進口大陸文物的書店，

這是我第二次我與這幅《水月觀音》在熙來人往的街頭

不期而遇,這樣的機率有多少?

這書店很努力在奮戰求生存！入口的一側陳列著售價上萬元

台幣的卷軸,包括宋朝的《清明上河圖》等等的書香瑰寶，

入口的另一側則陳列著各種口味的咖啡豆,

書店職員在現場忙著蒸煮著研磨咖啡,水氣薰香四鄰!

現在，這幅壁畫的複製品已經從那裏的牆上消失了！

颱風搖撼台灣的夜晚，我就讀著這幅《水月觀音》。

明朝北京法海寺的壁畫!

This particular image of Avalokistesvara was painted

during 1439 to 1443. In the painting, the Buddha

was surrounded by water vapors, in accordance to

the idea of the Moon shining upon water.

During the night when the monster typhoon “rocked”

Taiwan, I was studying about this image, which had

stuck me with its beauty and serenity for some time.

 

颱風過後,一棵百年榕樹倒在一棟百年建築上.

 

古蹟無傷,但這棵樹會不會被救?有沒有被救活的機會?

 

During the night the monster typhoon hit Taiwan,

 

this 100-year-old tree fell on the roof of the

 

100-year-old historical building on the university campus.

 

Can the tree live again, given proper help and care?

 

生命,值得不只一次的機會! 摔倒,也不是常有的事!

 

就當明月清風,過了就是!

 

The tree deserves a second chance, as everyone on

 

the campus has wished.  However, it is up the tree

 

itself to beat the odds and contunue its journey up

 

to many hundreds of years of life span.

 

 

淡然之中,更顯出: 愛是恆常存在的學習!

 

Things take their natural courses, and love is a

 

continous process of everyday learning! 

 

Love does come as the blue moon!