〖深洞〗

    大多数人想行善只是为了功德，但是他们却不愿舍弃恶行，这就叫做“洞太深了”。

    假设有一个洞，洞下面有东西，现在，只要有人将他的手伸进洞里却摸不著底面的话，他就会说：“洞太深了。”如果有百或千个人将他们的手伸进洞里，他们也同样会说：“这个洞太深了。”可是，却没人会说是自己的手太短了！我们必须回到自己身上，退一步反观自己，不要埋怨是洞太深，而应该回过头来看看你自己的手臂。如果你可以看透这点，那么，在你的性灵道上便能更上一层楼，
进而寻找到快乐。

Most people just want to perform good deeds to make merit, but they don't want to give up wrongdoing. It's just that "the hole is too deep." Suppose there was a hole and there was something at the bottom of it. Now anyone who put his hand into the hole and didn't reach the bottom would say the hole was too deep. If a hundred or a thousand people put their hands down the hole, they'd all say, "The hole is too deep!" No one would say that his arm was too short. We have to come back to ourselves. We have to take a step back and look at ourselves. Don't blame the hole for being too deep. Turn around and look at your own arm. If you can see this, then you will make progress on the spiritual path and will find happiness.