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Time to Learn A young but earned Zen student approached his teacher, and asked the Zen Master: "If I work very hard and diligently how long will it take for me to find Zen?" The Master thought about this, then replied,"Ten years." The student then said,"But what if I work very, very hard and really apply myself to learn fast---How long then?" Replied the Master,"Well, twenty years." "But, if I really, really work at it. How long then?" asked the student. "Thirty years," replied the Master. "But, I do not understand," said the disappointed student. "At each time that I say I will work harder, you say it will take me longer. Why do you say that?" Replied the Master, "When you have one eye on the goal, you only have one eye on the path."
欲速則不達(dá) 一位年輕而誠(chéng)摯的禪宗弟子走近他的老師，向禪學(xué)大師問(wèn)道： “如果我非常刻苦勤奮地學(xué)習(xí)，要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才能悟透禪的真義呢？” 大師思考了片刻，然后回答：“10年?！? 弟子又問(wèn)：“但如果我非常、非?？炭嗟赝度雽W(xué)習(xí)以早成正果呢----那需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？” 大師答道：“20年。” “可是，如果我真的非常、非常努力地學(xué)習(xí)，需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間呢？” “30年?！贝髱熁卮?。 “這，我就有些不懂了?！庇行┦牡茏诱f(shuō)，“每次我都說(shuō)更加努力，而你卻說(shuō)需要更多的時(shí)間。這是為何呢？” 大師答道：“如果你把一半的精力都傾注在結(jié)果上，那么你在過(guò)程中也只能付出一半的精力。”