二一八 绝 望
「明心见性能造就出何等人物？」
大师说：
「以天下为任，却不阿党相附。
随遇而安，一无固定行止。
物来则取，
人去不留。
已逝者，不咎不悔，
未来者，不忧不惧。
招之即来，
挥之即去。
劲若海上飙风，
弱如风中飘絮，
柔若水边浮苇；
又如一樽终日辗转不语的磨石。
平等爱物，
一如天覆地载，毫无私曲。
这些都是明心见性的境界。」
一位年轻的弟子听了不禁哭道：「这种指导只适用于死人，怎么可能用在我们活人身上！」便断然离去，义无反顾。
REJECTION
“What kind of a person does Enlightenment produce?”
Said the Master:
“To be public-spirited and belong to no party,
to move without being bound to any given course,
to take things as they come,
have no remorse for the past,
no anxiety for the future.
to move when pushed,
to come when dragged.
to be like a mighty gale.
like a feather in the wind,
like weeds floating on a river.
like a mill-stone meekly grinding,
to love all creation equally
as heaven and earth are equal to all
— such is the product of Enlightenment.”
On hearing these words one of the younger disciples cried, “This sort of teaching is
not for the living but for the dead,” and walked away, never to return.