四六 和平手段
村里有条蛇，伤害了不少村民，以致村民都不敢下田。便到大师座前去祈求。听说大师驯服了这条蛇，还劝牠遵守和平规范。
没过多久，村民就发现这条蛇变温驯多了。他们拿石头丢牠，还抓着牠的尾巴到处跑。
有天晚上，蛇遍体鳞伤地爬到大师门口前怨叹不已。大师说：「朋友，你已经罩不住人类了－－那真遭！」
「那是你教我谨守和平规范的缘故啊！」
「我只是禁止你伤害人类，并没有禁止你张牙吐舌地吓唬他们啊！」
NON-VIOLENCE
A snake in the village had bitten so many people that few dared go into the fields.
Such was the Master’s holiness that he was said to have tamed the snake and persuaded it
to practise the discipline of non-violence.
It did not take long for the villagers to discover that the snake had become harmless.
They took to hurling stones at it and dragging it about by its tail.
The badly battered snake crawled into the Master’s house one night to complain. Said
the Master, “Friend, you’ve stopped frightening people — that’s bad!”
“But it was you who taught me to practise the discipline of non-violence!”
“I told you to stop hurting — not to stop hissing!”