介绍:
因为狭隘，所以痛苦
Once an unhappy young man came to an old master and told him he had a very sad life and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man to put a handful of salt in a glass of water and then to drink it.
一个整天闷闷不乐的年轻人来到一位老师父面前，告诉师父他过着非常悲惨的生活，并寻求师父提供解决办法。师父指示这个年轻人将一把盐放到一杯水里，然后喝下去。
“How does it taste?” – the Master asked. “Terrible.” – spat the apprentice. The Master chuckled and then asked the young man to take another handful of salt and put it in the lake.
“味道如何？”师父问道。“太难喝了。”年轻人边回答，边把水吐在地上。师父轻笑了一声，让年轻人再取一把盐放到湖水里。
The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled his handful of salt into the lake. The old man said, "Now drink from the lake."
二人沉默地走到附近的湖边，年轻人将那把盐撒入湖中。师父说：“现在，你从湖里取点儿水喝。”
As the water dripped down the young man's chin, the Master asked, "How does it taste?" "Good!" remarked the apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked the Master. "No." said the young man.
当水从年轻人的下巴滴下时，师父问道：“味道如何？”“好喝！”年轻人回答道。“水里有盐的味道吗？” 师父继续问道。“没有”年轻人答道。
The Master sat beside this troubled young man, took his hands, and said, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain inlife remains the same, exactly the same. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends on the container we put it into. "
师父坐在这个满脸困惑的年轻人身边，握住他的手，说：“生活中的痛苦就像这把盐，不多也不少。它就那么多，始终保持不变。但是，我们能够品尝到多少“痛苦”却取决于我们将它放入什么样的容器。”
"So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake."
“所以，当你陷入痛苦时，你唯一能做的就是扩展你胸怀。不要做一只杯子，要让自己成为一片湖泊。”
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