Author: voice

七三　牵　绊

大师已在病床上弥留数周了。一日，他突然张开了眼睛，发现他心爱的弟子在身边。

「你从未离开我的床边，是吗？」他轻轻地说。

「没有，师父，我离不开你。」

「为什么？」

「因为你是我生命的光明。」

大师不禁长叹一声：「我的孩子，我竟然如此眩惑你的眼睛，使你至今仍然无法看到你心内的光明？」

REPRESSION

The Master had been on his deathbed in a coma for weeks. One day he suddenly
opened his eyes to find his favourite disciple there.

“You never leave my bedside, do you?” he said softly.

“No. Master. I cannot.” “Why?”

“Because you are the light of my life.”

The Master sighed. “Have I so dazzled you, my son that you still refuse to see the light
in you?”

七二　谦　逊

有位访客，自称为真理的追寻者。大师说：「如果你寻找的是真理，那么你在一切才能之上还须具备一种特质。」

「我知道，是追求真理的极端热忱。」

「不，是随时愿意承认自己可能犯错的坚忍内涵。」

HUMILITY

To a visitor who described himself as a seeker after Truth the Master said. “If what
you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.”

“I know. An overwhelming passion for it.”

“No. An unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.”

七一　有色眼镜

「如果你把我塑成你心目中的权威人物」，大师向一个充满幻想的弟子说道：「你实在伤害了自己，因为你不再用自己的心目去看一切事物了。」

停了一会，他温煦地说：「你也伤害了我，因你不再认识我的真貌。」

BLINKERS

“If you make me your authority,” said the Master to a starry-eyed disciple,” you harm
yourself because you refuse to see things for yourself.”

And, after a pause, he added gently. “You harm me too because you refuse to see me
as I am.”

七０　孤　独　

有个弟子总缠着大师问东问西，大师对他说：「在你自己心内，就可以找到每一个问题的答案－－只要你知道寻找的途径。」

又有一天，他说：「在灵修的领域里，你不能依赖别人的灯光前进。你想要向我借光，我宁愿教你点燃自己的火炬。」

ALONENESS

To a disciple who was always seeking answers from him the Master said. “You have
within yourself the answer to every question you propose — if you only knew how to look
for it.”

And another day he said. “In the land of the spirit you cannot walk by the light of
someone else‘s lamp. You want to borrow mine. I’d rather teach you how to make your
own.”

六九　模　倣

大师开悟后，他活得十分简单－－因为他发现这种简单的生活正适合他的心境。

但当他看见弟子们想仿效他度一简单的生活时，忍俊不住。

他说：「没有我的愿心，只知模倣我的擧动，又有何用？即使你们承继我的愿心，却没有实相的光照，又有何用？」

他又说：「一只山羊是否因着一撮小胡须，就变成兔子了呢！」弟子们若有所省。

IMITATION

After the Master attained enlightenment he took to living simply — because he found
simple living to his taste.

He laughed at his disciples when they took to simple living in imitation of him.

“Of what use is it to copy my behaviour,” he would say, “without my motivation. Or
to adopt my motivation without the vision that produced it?”

They understood him better when he said. “Does a goat become a rabbi because he
grows a beard?”

六八　革　新

寺院中设定了不少规矩，但大师一再警告他们留意法律的独裁性

「服从保全了规矩。」大师说：「爱却知道何时应打破规矩。」

REVOLUTION

There were rules in the monastery but the Master always warned against the tyranny
of the law.

“Obedience keeps the rules,” he would say. “Love knows when to break them.”

　　　　六七　精打细算

大师常嘲弄那些凡事决定之前总是深思熟虑的弟子。

他是这样说的：「如果人们在踏出一步前都得全盘计算好，那么他的一生，连耗在一只脚上，都还嫌不够用。」

CALCULATION

The Master would laugh at those of his disciples who deliberated endlessly before
making up their mind.

The way he put it was, “People who deliberate why before they take a step will spend
their lives on one leg.”

　　　　六六　强　制

大师要求前来拜师的人，动机一定要十分诚恳而且认真。

但是，当弟子十分认真精进地修练时，他又加以责斥。他所要求的是「认真的放松」或「放松的认真」，就好像一位比赛中的运动员或是置身舞台的演员。

还有无限的忍耐。大师说：「在强制之下开放的花朶不再芬芳，在强制之下结的果实也会失去它的滋味。」

COERCION

The Master demanded seriousness of purpose from those who sought discipleship.

But he chided his disciples when they strained themselves in spiritual endeavour.
What he proposed was light-hearted seriousness or serious light-heartedness — like that of
a sportsman in a game or an actor in a play.

And much, much patience. “Forced flowers have no fragrance,” he would say.
“Forced fruit will lose its taste.”