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1、AZENSTUDENTCAMETOBANKEIANDSAID:'MASTER,IHAVEANUNGOVERNABLETEMPER--HOWCANICUREIT?''SHOWMETHISTEMPER,'SAIDBANKEI,'ITSOUNDSFASCINATING.''IHAVEN'TGOTITRIGHTNOW,'SAIDTHESTUDENT,'SOICAN'TSHOWITTOYOU.''WELLTHEN,'SAIDBANKEI,'BRINGITTOMEWHENYOUHAVEIT.''BUTICAN'TBRINGITJUSTWHENIHAPPENT
2、OHAVEIT,'PROTESTEDTHESTUDENT.'ITARISESUNEXPECTEDLY,ANDIWOULDSURELYLOSEITBEFOREIGOTITTOYOU.''INTHATCASE,'SAIDBANKEI,'ITCANNOTBEPARTOFYOURTRUENATURE.IFITWERE,YOUCOULDSHOWITTOMEATANYTIME.WHENYOUWEREBORNYOUDIDNOTHAVEIT,ANDYOURPARENTSDIDNOTGIVEITTOYOU--SOITMUSTCOMEINTOYOUFROMTHEOU
3、TSIDE.ISUGGESTTHATWHENEVERITGETSINTOYOU,YOUBEATYOURSELFWITHASTICKUNTILTHETEMPERCAN'TSTANDIT,ANDRUNSAWAY.'THETRUENATUREISyoureternalnature.Youcannothaveitandnothaveit,itisnotsomethingthatcomesandgoes--itisyou.Howcanitcomeandgo?ItisyourBEING.Itisyourveryfoundation.ItcannotBEsom
4、etimes,andNOTBEsometimes;itisalwaysthere.Sothisshouldbethecriterionforaseekeroftruth,nature,tao:thatwehavetocometothepointinourbeingwhichremainsalwaysandalways--evenbeforeyouwerebornitwasthere,andevenwhenyouaredeaditwillbethere.Itisthecenter.Thecircumferencechanges,thecenterr
5、emainsabsolutelyeternal;itisbeyondtime.Nothingcanaffectit,nothingcanmodifyit,nothingreallyevertouchesit;itremainsbeyondallreachoftheoutsideworld.Gotothesea,andwatchthesea.Millionsofwavesarethere,butdeepinitsdepththesearemainscalmandquiet,deepinmeditation;theturmoilisjustonthe
6、surface,justonthesurfacewheretheseameetstheoutsideworld,thewinds.Otherwise,initself,italwaysremainsthesame,notevenaripple;nothingchanges.Itisthesamewithyou.Justonthesurfacewhereyoumeetothersthereisturmoil,anxiety,anger,attachment,greed,lust--justonthesurfacewherewindscomeandt
7、ouchyou.Andifyouremainonthesurfaceyoucannotchangethischangingphenomenon;itwillremainthere.ManypeopletrytochangeitTHERE,onthecircumference.Theyfightwithit,theytrynottoletawavearise.Andthroughtheirfightevenmorewavesarise,becausewhentheseafightswiththewindtherewillbemoreturmoil:
8、nownotonlywillthewindhelpit,theseawillalsohelp--therewillbetremendou
