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隨機施教

一九二 隨機施教

有位訪客滿懷期待而來,却對大師的一般陳腔老調頗感失望。

他向一位門人吐訴:「我不惜跋涉千里,只為一訪名師,却發現他與凡人並無二致。」

這位門人答覆他說:「師父好比一個鞋匠,雖然擁有取之不盡的皮貨,但他的責任,只能按照你腳的尺寸,加以裁剪縫製而已。」

PROPORTION

A visitor who was full of expectations was unimpressed by the commonplace words
the Master addressed to him.

“I came here in quest of a Master.” he said to a disciple. “All I find is a human being
no different from the others.”

Said the disciple, “The Master is a shoemaker with an infinite supply of leather. But he
does the cutting and stitching in accordance with the dimension of your foot. “