美国珍妮特·吕尔斯所著的《简单生活指南》,讲了这样一个禅宗故事。它对我们索解人类道德本质,很有启迪作用。我曾听一个人去参观地狱和天堂的传说。在这两个地方,他都看许多人坐在一张桌子旁,桌上摆着各种各样好吃的东西。他们的右手都绑着一双一米多长的筷子,左手都被绑在椅子上。在地狱里的那些人,不管他们怎么伸长胳膊,筷子还是长得无法使他们把食物送进嘴里。他们变得 The Simple Guide to Life by Janet Lurles in the United States tells such a Zen story. It is enlightenment for us to solve the essence of human morality. I have heard a man visit the legends of hell and heaven. In both places, he sees many people sitting by a table with all sorts of delicious things on the table. Their right hand are tied with a pair of chopsticks a meter long, left hand are tied to a chair. Those in hell, no matter how they stretched their arms, the chopsticks still looked too long for them to send their food into their mouths. They become