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一天,大師問:「你們認為,什麼是最重要的宗教課題?」

他得到不少答案:

「天主存在嗎?」

「天主是誰?」

「與天主溝通的途徑?」

「人死後真得有永恆的生命嗎?」

大師卻說:「都不是,最重要的問題是:『我是誰?』」

直到有一天,弟子們在座聽見大師與一位傳道者的對話,才恍然了悟那番言論的深義:

大師:「那麼,據你所說:你死後,你的靈魂會升天?」

傳道者:「是的。」

大師:「你的身體葬在墳墓裏?」

傳道者:「是的。」

大師:「朋友,容我問一聲:那麼你在那裏?」

EXPOSURE

One day the Master asked, “What, in your opinion, is the most important of all
religious questions?”

He got many answers: “Does God exist?” “Who is God?” “What is the path to God?”
“Is there a life after death?”

“No,” said the Master, “The most important question is: “Who am I?”

The disciples got some idea of what he was hinting at when they overheard him
talking to a preacher:

Master: “So then, according to you, when you die your soul will be in heaven?”
Preacher: “Yes.”

Master: “And your body will be in the grave?”

Preacher: “Yes.”

Master: “And where, may I ask, will you be?”