一一五 身临其境
弟子们请求大师给予一个供他们模仿的灵修典型,大师却说:「嘘!听!」
当他们静听寺外的夜声,大师轻轻地哼着一句有名的俳句:
「早夭的生命,无法领会蝉儿的歌声。」
PRESENCE
When the disciples asked for a model of spirituality that they could imitate, all that the
Master said was, “Hush! Listen.”
And as they listened to the sounds of the night outside the monastery, the Master
softly intoned the celebrated haiku:
“Of an early death showing no awareness the cicada sings.”