二一二 逆 境
「磨難能促人成長，甚至開悟。」大師道。
他作了如下解說：
有隻鳥兒每天棲息在荒原中的一株枯樹上。一天，一陣狂風颳倒這株枯樹，可憐的鳥兒只能飛到百里之外，另覓棲身之處－－終於牠來到了一座森林，林中結滿了纍纍果實。
大師做了簡要的結論：「這棵枯樹存在一天，這隻鳥兒就不肯放棄牠棲身之處而高飛遠翔。」
TRIBULATION
“Calamities can bring growth and enlightenment.” said the Master.
And he explained it thus:
Each day a bird would shelter in the withered branches of a tree that stood in the
middle of a vast deserted plain. One day a whirlwind uprooted the tree forcing the poor
bird to fly a hundred miles in search of shelter — till it finally came to a forest of fruit-
laden trees.