..续本文上一页不可开交，就不理会它。大象或者以为裁缝师没看见它，就把长鼻子在窗户上弄得砰砰响。
Once there was an man in India who owned a very obedient pet elephant. Every day when the elephant felt thirsty, he would walk to a small river. Along the way, he would pass by a tailor”s shop, and the tailor would feed the elephant some tidbits. One day, the elephant inserted his trunk into the window as usual, wanting food, but the tailor happened not to have any food at hand and could not interrupt what he was doing, so he ignored the elephant. The elephant, perhaps thinking that the tailor had not noticed him, banged on the window with his trunk, making a racket.
裁缝师一回头，用针在象鼻子上扎了一下，大象疼得赶紧卷起鼻子走了。大象到了河边，先喝足了清凉的水，又吸了满满一鼻子水，就往回走；走到裁缝铺，大象把鼻子从窗户伸进去，冲着裁缝师就喷，喷得裁缝师一身是水，连桌上名贵的布料也都打湿了。
The tailor turned around and pricked the elephant”s trunk with his needle, and the elephant, smarting in pain, quickly curled up his trunk and left-Walking to the river, he drank his fill of cool, refreshing water, then filled his trunk with water and walked back to the tailor”s shop. Sticking his trunk through the window, the elephant sprayed the tailor until he was soaked. The fine cloth on his table also got wet.
我们是高智慧的生灵，不要像这大象一样，不知体谅，不懂反求诸己，而做出以新怨忘旧恩的事情。
As highly intelligent beings, we should not be like the elephant, who, not knowing how to forgive or reflect upon himself, forgot about the kindness done him in the past after one unpleasant experience.
《菜根谭》云﹕「反己者，触事皆成药石；尤人者，动念即是戈矛。」人人若能时时反求诸己，事事推己及人，「己不欲，即速已」，自然可以辟众善之路，更可以浚诸恶之源；那么，世间又怎么会有辗转的纷扰，和连绵的战祸呢？
Vegetable Root Discourses has a saying, " For those who reflect upon themselves, every situation serves as a medicine. For those who complain about others, every thought is a spear. " If people could always look within themselves and be considerate of others, not doing to others what they would not like done to themselves, they will naturally open a path of wholesome goodness and stop all evil at its source. In such a situation, how could there be ceaseless turmoil, wars, and disasters
《弟子规浅释 Standards for Students 第六章﹕泛爱众 Chapter Six: ON CHERISHING ALL LIVING BEINGS - 7》全文阅读结束。