《菜根谭》英译（一念之差、失之千里）

人人有个大慈悲，维摩屠刽无二心也；处处有种真趣味，金屋茅檐非两地也。只是欲闭情封，当面错过，便咫尺千里矣。<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Everyone possesses the capacity for great mercy. The saint Vimalakirti and butchers and executioners alike have this capacity. Everywhere in the world can be found the same genuine mood that accords with Nature—be it in a magnificent mansion or a humble cottage. It is just greed that destroys the capacity for great mercy, and fleshly emotions that lock up the genuine mood. Men miss the way to salvation when such an opportunity stares them in the face. A single step in the wrong direction leads them as far from the right path as if a thousand miles intervened.

（保罗·怀特 译）