《127》徒弟是很难教的。有些知道却不去实践，有些不知道也不会设法去理解，对他们我真不知该怎麼办。为何人们会有这种心态呢？愚痴不好，可是，纵使告诉他们，他们仍然听不进去。在他们的修行中，充满了疑惑，而且总是在怀疑。他们想要达到涅槃，却不想实践「道」，真令人困扰。当我叫他们禪坐时，他们害怕，如果不是害怕的话，就只会打瞌睡。绝大部份，他们都喜欢做我不教他们的事；这就是身为一位老师的痛楚。

Disciples are hard to teach. Some know but don’t bother to practice. Some don’t know and don’t try to find out. I don’t know what to do with them. Why is it that humans have minds like this? Being ignorant is not good, but even if I tell them, they still don’t listen. People are so full of doubts in their practice. They always doubt. They want to go to Nibbana but they don’t want to walk the path. It’s baffling. When I tell them to meditate, they’re afraid, and if not afraid, then just plain sleepy. Mostly they like to do the things I don’t teach. This is the pain of being a teacher.