Mazu Fortune Poem No. 37: Why should flesh and kin be of different minds?

Mazu Fortune Poem No. 37 is paired with the Lin · Approach hexagram. In plain words: Hard feelings in the family wear you down, body and heart. Turn back toward your parents and siblings with care, and things will slowly get better.

Lin · Approach

Why should flesh and kin be of different minds?You lock yourself in, and sickness wears you down.Change course, honor your parents, and love your siblings.Turn your fate around, and don't put it off.

Original Chinese

骨肉緣何有異心自囚疾病苦相侵勸汝改圖行孝悌挽回造化莫因循

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Is Mazu Fortune Poem No. 37 a good fortune?

This set is not ranked from good to bad here. What matters is the reminder: Hard feelings in the family wear you down, body and heart. Turn back toward your parents and siblings with care, and things will slowly get better. The choice is yours.

What does Mazu Fortune Poem No. 37 say in English?

Why should flesh and kin be of different minds? / You lock yourself in, and sickness wears you down. / Change course, honor your parents, and love your siblings. / Turn your fate around, and don't put it off.

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