四八 反璞歸真
「人的靈修生活可分三個階段。」大師說：「物質的、精神的和神聖的。」
「什麼是物質的階段？」弟子們切切地問。
「這是看山是山，看水是水的階段。」
「精神階段呢？」
「當人觀察事務鞭辟入裏時，看山非山，看水非水。」
「神聖的階段呢？」
「那是澈悟之境。」大師吃吃一笑：「當看山又是山，看水又是水之時。」
HOMECOMING
“There are three stages in one’s spiritual development,” said the Master. “The carnal,
the spiritual and the divine.”
“What is the carnal stage?” asked the eager disciples.”
“That’s the stage when trees are seen as trees and mountains as mountains.”
“And the spiritual?”
“That’s when one looks more deeply into things — then trees are no longer trees and
mountains no longer mountains.”
“And the divine?”
“Ah, that’s Enlightenment,” said the Master with a chuckle, “when trees become trees
again and mountains, mountains.”