〖药和水果〗

别跟那些不修行的人生气，不要评论他们的过错。只要时时劝导他们，当他们的心灵增长时，自然会来求法。好像卖药一样，我们宣传我们的药，那些有头痛，胃痛的人自然会来服药。不要我们药的那些人，别去强迫他们，他们如同仍未成熟的青涩果实，我们不能强迫他们成熟、甜美——就顺其自然吧！让他们自己长大、甜美、成熟。如果我们这样想，心就会释然。因此，我们不必去强迫任何人，只要宣传我们的药就够了。当有人生病，他们自然就会来买的。

Medicines and Fruit

Don't be angry with those who don't practice. Don't speak against them. Just continually advise them. They will come to the Dhamma when their spiritual factors are developed. It's like selling medicines. We advertise our medicines and those with a headache or stomachache will come and take some. Those who don't want our medicines let them be. They're like fruit that are still green. We can't force them to be ripe and sweet — just let them be. Let them grow up, sweeten and ripen all by themselves. If we think like this, our minds will be at ease. So we don't need to force anybody. Simply advertise our medicines and leave it at that. When someone is ill, he'll come around and buy some.