Ai cầu trí tuệ thầy khuyên
Tưởng tượng ngã xuống vực nghìn thước sâu
Mỗi khi bám được vật nào
Nhận ra vật ấy lao chao rơi cùng
Bắc Phong
MORTALITY
To a disciple who begged for wisdom the Master said,
“Try this out: close your eyes and see yourself and every living being thrown off the top of a precipice. Each time you cling to something to stop yourself from falling, understand that it is falling too...”
The disciple tried it out and never was the same again.
(Source: One Minute Wisdom by Anthony de Mello, 1988)