《163》有些人对修行起了无聊厌烦和疲惫的心，所以懈怠了。他们似乎无法将「法」牢记于心。然而，如果你骂他们的话，他们永远也不会忘记；有些人可能在他们有生之年都会记得，而且绝不会忘记。可是，说到佛陀的教导，他告诉我们要自制、要收摄、要精进不断修行，他们为何一直把这些事情给忘了呢？为何人们不能把这些事情紧记于心呢？

Some people get bored, fed up, tired of the practice, and lazy. They can’t seem to keep the Dhamma in mind. Yet, if you go and scold them, they’ll never forget that. Some may remember it for the rest of their lives and never forgive you for it. But when it comes to the Buddha’s teaching, telling us to be moderate, to be restrained, to practice conscientiously, why do they keep forgetting these things? Why don’t people take these things to heart?