《126》我有一位老师吃东西非常快,吃饭时还弄出很大的声音来,然而,他却叫我们要慢慢地,正念地吃。我通常会观察他而且非常的生气。我痛苦,而他却不然!我看的是外表。后来,我才学习到:有些人车开得非常快,但却很小心;有些人开得很慢,却常发生车祸。不要去执著条规和外相。如果你最多以百分之十的时间来看他人,而以百分之九十的时间来看自己,你的修行还算可以。
One of my teachers ate very fast. He made noises as he ate. Yet he told us to eat slowly and mindfully. I used to watch him and get very upset. I suffered, but he didn’t! I watched the outside. Later I learned that some people drive very fast but carefully; others drive slowly and have many accidents. Don’t cling to rules, to outer form. If you watch others at most ten percent of the time and watch yourself ninety percent of the time, you practice is okay.