..續本文上一頁y powers! Don”t listen to those rumors. You should have the ability to truly recognize the Dharma. I don”t know how to cure people who are sick. I don”t have any ability at all. "My mind is truly laughable. It is dull and ignorant. People ask what it can do: It has no ability whatsoever." I don”t know how to do anything. I”m stupid to the extreme. I don”t understand anything. I”m not being polite; it”s true. You shouldn”t think I”m being polite. I”ve never been capable of polite courtesies. I am really the most stupid and dull-witted person. Why is that

　　 The things that I do are what no one else is willing to do. The things I say are what no one else dares to say. Why don”t they dare to say them

　　 They”re afraid of hurting people”s feelings and offending people. I”m just a stubborn living being who likes to say stubborn words. I”ll tell you honestly, even though the temperature fell to three or four degrees below freezing during the winters in Manchuria, I stubbornly showed my superiority by wearing the same three layers of clothing and eating only one meal a day in the winter as well as the summer. If I weren”t such an obstinate person, how could I have taken such a loss

　　 How could I have been willing to endure the hunger and cold

　　 I have just explained the principle for you. Whether you believe it or not, that”s what I say. I hope all of you will take losses more often and not seek so many bargains. Don”t be a snake oil salesman.

　　[The Master of Ceremonies asks the preceptees to rise.]

　　你不要叫他們那麼快，你說得快了，他們站起來站得來不及，會跌倒的。(司儀：是。)你說：起……立……，要慢一點。(司儀：是。)都是一些年紀差不多的，老了，不要叫他們那麼迅速。

　　Don”t speak so fast when you give instructions. If you talk so fast, they won”t have time to stand up, and they”ll trip over each other. [M.C.: "Yes."] You should say, "Please----stand-----up." [M.C.: "Okay."] They are all quite elderly, so they shouldn”t be given such rapid instructions.

　　一九九叁年一月十五日

　　開示戒子于臺灣板橋臺北縣立體育館

　　The Venerable Master Hua”s instructions to the preceptees

　　on January 15, 1993,

　　at the Taipei County Stadium in Banqiao, Taiwan

《每天問問我是誰？Every Day,Ask Yourself,Who Am I

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