一六七 活于真实
大师似乎非常珍惜自己的生命,活得极其充实;同时,当他责斥政府的暴虐,或率领弟子照顾蔓延传染病的村民时,人人都看得出,他是在玩命。
「真正的智者对死亡一无所惧。」他曾说。
有囘,弟子问他:「一个人怎能如此轻易地交付自己的生命呢?」
「当天色已经破晓,有谁会躭心烛光将逝呢?」
REALITY
While the Master seemed to relish life and live it to the full he was also known to take
great risks, as when he condemned the tyranny of the government, thereby courting arrest
and death; and when he led a group of his disciples to serve a plague-stricken village.
“The wise have no fear of death.” he would say.
“Why would a man risk his life so easily?” he was once asked.
“Why would a person care so little about a candle being extinguished when day has
dawned?”