介绍:
Overcoming Anger
A Zen student said to his teacher,‘’Master,I have an ungovernable temper.Help me get rid of it.‘’
‘’Eh,you have something very strange,‘’said the teacher.‘’Show it to me.‘’
‘’Right now I cannot show it to you.‘’
‘’Why not?‘’
‘’It arises suddenly.But sometimes it won’t come out no matter how.‘’
‘’Then it cannot be your own true nature.If it was,you would be able to show it to me at any time.Why are you allowing something that is not yours to trouble your life?‘’said the teacher.
‘’I get it, and I will not let it bother me any longer,‘’said the student.
‘’Since it does not belong to me,I will not let it influence my life anymore,‘’the Zen student thought to himself.
Thereafter whenever the student felt his temper rising,he recalled his teacher’s words and controlled his anger.
