有囘，一位赌徒向大师说：「昨天我玩牌时，作了手脚，被发现了，牌友揍了我一顿，还把我撵出窗外。你认为我该怎么办？」
大师深深望了此人一眼，答道：「如果我是你，从现在起，我会尽量在楼下打牌。」
弟子们听之一怔：「你为什么不干脆劝他戒赌？」
大师简单而睿智的答复是：「因为我知道他办不到。」
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.