蘇東坡與佛印的故事

有個故事大家應該知道，這個故事我經常說的。

蘇東坡跟佛印禪師兩人散步，蘇東坡就問佛印禪師說：「你看我像什麼？」

蘇東坡身材胖胖的、大大的，又是作官的， 佛印說：「簡直像尊佛啊。」

他很高興，又一邊走，又說：「你怎麼不問我啊？」「我問你做什麼？我沒什麼可問的。」

「你應該問我，你像什麼？」

佛印禪師： 「好！我問你，你看我像什麼？」

蘇東坡說：「我看你像狗屎。」

之後，回到家裡，蘇東坡就跟他妹妹蘇小妹說：「今天，我把和尚贏了。」

蘇小妹說：「你怎麼贏 人家的，我可以聽聽嗎？」

「好！我跟你說。」

他說：「我問佛印，我像什麼，他說我像一尊佛。後來他不問，我叫他問我，他問我說他像個什麼，我說他像狗屎。 我是佛，他是狗屎。」

蘇小妹說：「你贏了？你輸了。」「我怎麼輸的？」她說：「人家是佛心，看你看一切都是佛；你是狗屎心，看人看什麼都是狗屎。」

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Position and Perception

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One day, the famous Chinese poet Su Shi was taking a walk with the Zen master. Su asked him, “What do I look like?”

Su was a little pudgy, so the master replied, “You look like a statue of Buddha.” Delighted, Su pestered the master to ask him the same question. “What do I need to ask you? I have nothing to ask,” the master replied. “You should ask me what you look like,” Su said.

“Okay. What do I look like?”

“You look like dog poop!”

Later that day at home, Su boasted about his feat. He told his little sister, “Today I won.” She asked how he won and asked him to tell her about it. He said, “I asked the Zen master what I looked like. He said I was a statue of Buddha. He asked me what he looked like. I said he looked like a dog poop. See, I was Buddha, and he was dog poop. So I won!”

His sister replied, “No, you lost.” Confused, Su asked her how that could be. She explained, “The Zen master has the heart of Buddha. Because they are so similar, what he sees is Buddha. But you are dog poop because dog poop sees everything else as dog poop.”