慈悲偉大的佛陀！
美國東南部墨西哥灣沿岸數州
遭受「卡翠納」颶風強烈襲擊
尤其紐奧爾良市災情嚴重，
現在已快要成為廢市了。
佛陀啊！佛陀！
您可曾聽到他們的求救？
您可曾看到他們的哀傷？
那是人間地獄的現象！
那是娑婆浩劫的聲音！
在那裡，
整個市區淹沒在大水中，
洪流驚人，
在那裡，
千萬人的家園受到毀壞，
滿目瘡痍；
他們此時迷失人生的未來，
都在尋找希望的明天；
他們此時正像驚惶的羔羊，
都在尋覓安全的依怙。
慈悲偉大的佛陀！
祈求您的加被，
讓他們生者消災免難，安全如昔；
讓他們亡者往生佛國，蓮登九品。
請求您讓他們都能體悟，
現實的家園會有成住壞空，
自己的本性才能永恆安住；
請求您讓他們都能了解，
即使骨肉至親，
也會有生離死別，
只有證悟解脫，
才是究竟的依靠。
慈悲偉大的佛陀！
請您賜給他們再生的信心，
讓他們知道：活著就有希望；
請您賜給他們向前的勇氣，
讓他們明白：生存就是力量。
讓大家都知道
你我生命是共通的，
自他關係是互動的；
我們一定要在平時作好防範工作，
我們必須要互助合作，居安思危。
我們更祈求，
這次的災情不要再擴大，
類似的禍害不要再發生。
慈悲偉大的佛陀！
請求您接受我們至誠的祈願，
請求您接受我們至誠的祈願。
A Prayer for the Hurricane Katrina Victims in New Orleans
By Venerable Master Hsing Yun
Great and Compassionate Buddha!
Much of the United States' northern Gulf Coast
has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina,
New Orleans in particular, has been hit the hardest,
and is left almost in ruins.
Buddha! Oh! Buddha!
Have you heard the cries of suffering beings?
Can you see the pains of suffering beings?
They are the cries from hell on earth.
They are the voices of catastrophe in the Saha world.
Over there,
The entire city is engulfed in water and raging torrents,
Over there,
A scene of devastation is created by millions of destroyed homes
At this moment,
They are like wonderers looking for a hopeful future;
They are like fearful lambs seeking for a safe shelter.
Great and compassionate Buddha!
Buddha, we pray for your blessings,
Please help the survivors be delivered from suffering,
and recover their good health;
Please help the deceased be reborn in the Buddha land,
and progress smoothly through the nine stages of lotus incarnation.
Please let them all realize that,
Their physical homes go through the stages of
creation, existence, decay and destruction,
Only their self-nature can sustain forever.
Please let them all understand that,
Death and separation of family and loved ones befall all of us,
Only enlightenment and liberation are our ultimate reliance.
Great and compassionate Buddha!
Please give them the courage to move on with life,
Let them realize that living brings hope.
Let them understand where survival means strength.
Please let them realize that
The self and others are inter-connected in life,
And we all affect each other in our relations.
We ought to take preventive measures
and be prepared for the worst at good times,
And we must all co-operate in our work in doing so.
We also pray that
This disaster will not worsen,
And similar disasters will not reoccur.
Great and compassionate Buddha!
Please accept our sincerest prayers!
Please accept our sincerest prayers!
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