An impressive sentence! I have found it so good, philosophical writing, I think.
However, I'm not sure how to interprete it in proper English. What do you think?
Let me try 1st.
We smile for nice flowers, yet we don't know flowers have come into bloom just for our smiling faces.
引用第1楼fly100于2008-05-24 19:39发表的 :
I think this is an interactive result, from this sentence I can imagine , someday a pretty girl wasn't in her mood, but when she walked by the park, saw some beautiful flowers were floutishing, all annoyances were gone and she was attracted to close them , the flowers was so beatiful tha the more she looked on them , her mood became better, finally her face turned into smile……
ps：this note is the first note I post in English Corner, my English skill is not good , I hope I didn't make any misitak in my sentence.
sorry to say that there are some mistakes in your note , yet my english is not better than you.
1.floutishing
2.misitak
3.saw some beautiful flowers were floutishing
maybe seeing is better .
4.she was attracted to close them
i prefer to write like this:she was attracted by them
因花微笑，由笑花开
originally it's a famous sentence of Zen.it's hard to translate it into english.it depends on the occasions.
引用第1楼fly100于2008-05-24 19:39发表的 :
I think this is an interactive result, from this sentence I can imagine , someday a pretty girl wasn't in her mood, but when she walked by the park, saw some beautiful flowers were floutishing, all annoyances were gone and she was attracted to close them , the flowers was so beatiful tha the more she looked on them , her mood became better, finally her face turned into smile……
ps：this note is the first note I post in English Corner, my English skill is not good , I hope I didn't make any misitak in my sentence.
Thanks,
You are an imaginative storyteller, good at thinking of new and interesting ideas!
Welcome joining in the discussion.
What's your idea?
sorry to say that there are some mistakes in your note , yet my english is not better than you.
1.floutishing
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haha……thank your for pointing out my mistakes! There is always a saying is that " No mistake, No progress." Yes, I am now comparatively agree with you the sentence should write in this way: " she was attract by the flowers and got closer to looked on them……“
maybe, someone have a better sentence? just tell me!
What the net pal 4545 said is actually the story of 拈花微笑, which is believed to be the most ancient topic in Zen. The most important idea in this story is what is called in Chinese 不立文字，教外别传. This urges us to reconsider the role of the written word.
The following is the whole verse attributed to Bodhidharma:
A special transmission outside the teaching, 教外别传
Not based on the written word; 不立文字
Directly pointing to the human mind, 直指人心
Achieving Buddhahood by seeing one's nature. 见性成佛
发表于 2008-5-24 18:22:39
