Someone was hiding from the rain under the eaves and saw Guanyin walking by holding an umbrella. The man said: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, please save all sentient beings. How about taking me with you?"
Guanyin said: "I am in the rain, you are under the eaves, and under the eaves Wu Yu, you don't need me to save you." The man immediately jumped out of the eaves and stood in the rain: "Now I am also in the rain, is it time to save me?" Guanyin said: "You are in the rain, I am also in the rain, I am. If you don’t get wet, it’s because you have an umbrella; if you get wet, it’s because you don’t have an umbrella. So it’s not me who saves me, but the umbrella that saves me. If you want to save yourself, don’t ask for me. Please go find an umbrella yourself!” .
The next day, the man encountered difficulties, so he went to the temple to pray for Guanyin. When I walked into the temple, I found that there was also a man worshiping in front of the statue of Guanyin. That man looked exactly like Guanyin, no difference at all.
The man asked: "Are you Guanyin?"
The man replied: "I am Guanyin. "
The man asked again: "Then why do you still worship yourself?"
Guanyin smiled and said: "Me too? When I encounter difficulties, I know that it is better to ask for help from others than to ask for help from myself. Zheng Banqiao said: Eat your own food, sweat your own sweat, do your own thing, and rely on God. Relying on the earth and Lao Tzu is not considered a true man.
Montaigne said: "I don't care much about how I am in the eyes of others, but pay more attention to how I am in my own eyes. I want to be rich by myself, Don't rely on borrowing from others."
Thoreau once said: "If you want to have an unbreakable shield, you must stand in yourself.
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