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閉 塞

   111 閉 塞

一羣大學院士來訪,大師極度慇懃地招待他們,却從不正面答覆他們的問題,也不加入他們的神學研討。

弟子們知道大師內具深意。他說:「你怎能向井底之蛙談論浩瀚的大海?你怎能向被困鎖在自己的槪念中的人談論超凡之境?」

RESTRICTION

The Master was exceedingly gracious to University dons who visited him but he
would never reply to their questions or be drawn into their theological speculations.

To his disciples who marvelled at this, he said, “Can one talk about the ocean to a frog
in a well — or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts?