二０九 灑脫自在
大師為了保持輕鬆自然的家風，不願弟子們過度認真，包括對他的教導在內，他喜歡講他自己的故事：
「我的第一個弟子為了修行，心力憔悴不堪；第二個弟子勇猛精進練習我傳授的方法，差點把自己逼瘋了；第三個弟子終日沉浸於靜坐默觀中，變得呆若木雞；只有第四個弟子保持了自己的身心平衡。」
「他怎麼做到的？」在座的人都異口同聲地問。
「大槪是因為，他是唯一拒絕遵照我的方法去做的人。」大師一語驚座。
LIGHT-HEARTEDNESS
In keeping with his doctrine that nothing be taken too seriously, not even his own
teachings, the Master loved to tell this story on himself:
“My very first disciple was so weak that the exercises killed him. My second disciple
drove himself crazy from his earnest practice of the exercises I gave him. My third
disciple dulled his intellect through too much contemplation. But the fourth managed to
keep his sanity.”
“Why was that?” someone would invariably ask.
“Possibly because he was the only one who refused to do the exercises.” The Master’s
words would be drowned in howls of laughter.