禅宗公案 Zen Koan - 滴水和尚 Water Droplet Monk

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仪山禅师有一天在洗澡的时候，因为水太热，就呼叫弟子提桶冷水来加，有一个弟子奉命提了水来，将热水加凉了，便顺手把剩下的水倒掉。
One day, while ZM Yi-shan is taking a bath, because the water is too hot, he called his students to bring a pail of cold water to add in.
Following his order, a student brought the water to add cold to the hot water, then poured away the remaining water.

　　禅师不悦的说道：“你怎么如此浪费？世间上不管任何事物都有它的用处，只是大小价值不同而已。你那么轻易的将剩下的水倒掉，就是一滴水，如果把它浇到花草树木上，不仅花草树木喜欢，水本身也不失去它的价值，为什么要白白的浪费呢？虽然是一滴水，但是价值无限的大。”
ZM said unhappily: Why are you so wasteful? In this world, no matter what material or matter, have their own use, only difference is price big or small.
You so easily poured away the remaining water, that is One drop of water if use to water flowers, grass, trees, not only they are happy, and the water itself won't lost its value, why so wasteful?
Even if its a drop of water, its value is infinitely big.

　　弟子听后若有所悟，于是将自己的法名改为 “滴水”，这就是后来非常受人尊重的 “滴水和尚”。
Upon hearing these, the student has some realisation and changed his name to Water droplet, this one became well respected in later years as the Water droplet monk.

　　滴水和尚后来弘法传道，有人问他：
Later, when Water droplet monk propagate dharma, some asked him:

　　“请问世间上什么功德最大？”
In this world, what has the greatest merits?

　　“滴水！” 滴水和尚回答。
Monk answered: Drop of water!

　　“虚空包容万物，什么可包容虚空？”
The Void engulfed all, what can engulf the Void?

　　“滴水！”
Drop of water!

　　滴水和尚从此把心和滴水融在一起，心包太虚，一滴水中也有无尽的时空了。
Hence forth, the monk has merged heart into drop of water, heart engulfing the great void, within a drop of water there is infinite space and time.

　　人在世间，福报有多少？
这是有数量的，莫以为自己万贯家财，若福报享尽，仍会一无所有。
一个人该有多少金钱、多少爱情、多少福寿、多少享用，等于银行存款，浪费开支，终有尽时，故节用惜福，虽是滴水，皆不废弃，滴水虽微，大海亦是由滴水所成。
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I have said that Tantrayana is Immeasurable & Infinite. :)

Now, do you know what I mean?


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