有囘，一位賭徒向大師說：「昨天我玩牌時，作了手腳，被發現了，牌友揍了我一頓，還把我攆出窗外。你認為我該怎麼辦？」
大師深深望了此人一眼，答道：「如果我是你，從現在起，我會盡量在樓下打牌。」
弟子們聽之一怔：「你為什麼不乾脆勸他戒賭？」
大師簡單而睿智的答覆是：「因為我知道他辦不到。」
REALISM
A gambler once said to the Master. “I was caught cheating at cards yesterday so my
partners beat me up and threw me out of the window. What would you advise me to do?”
The Master looked straight through the man and said, “If I were you, from now on I
would play on the ground floor.”
This startled the disciples. “Why didn’t you tell him to stop gambling?” they
demanded.
“Because I knew he wouldn’t.” was the Master’s simple and sagacious explanation.