“I bow and pray to follow always the teachings of the monks.”
This is #83 out of a series of 108 daily Buddhist affirmations that I am attempting to translate with my hands tied behind my back (well not really that, but I’m deliberately not seeking out translations on the internet, using only dictionary and grammar).
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81. 항상 부처님의 품 안에서 살기를 발원하며 절합니다.
“I bow and pray to live always in the Buddha’s arms.”
82. 항상 부처님의 법속에서 살기를 발원하며 절합니다.
“I bow and pray to live always in the heart of Buddha’s dharma.”
83. 항상 스님의 가르침을 따르기를 발원하며 절합니다.
I would read this eighty-third affirmation as: “I bow and pray to follow always the teachings of the monks.”
I’m never comfortable with vows to follow people. I think of myself as a loyal person, but I’m not sure that I really am. I’m loyal to my friends in my heart, but because I go off and do my “own thing” so much, I’m not really there for the people I care about.
