Don't Rush to Make Judgments

掃我，朗讀給你聽(tīng)

In old times, it was customary for Monks, who is traveling and seeking for lodge to stay, to engage①it is customary for sb. to do sth. 某人習(xí)慣做某事out of breath 上氣不接下氣himself in dharma②dharma英 ['dɑ?m?; 'd??m?] 美 ['dɑrm?] n. （佛教中的）達(dá)摩（指佛的教法、佛法、一切事物和現(xiàn)象）；（印度教的）法則rascal英 ['rɑ?sk(?)l] 美 ['r?skl] n. 流氓，無(wú)賴(lài)；淘氣鬼，搗蛋鬼adj. 不誠(chéng)實(shí)的；下賤的，卑鄙的combat with③combat with與……戰(zhàn)斗insult [?n's?lt] vt. 侮辱；辱罵；損害 n. 侮辱；凌辱；無(wú)禮head monk at Zen monastery. If he won battle, then he could stay else he would have to seek quarters elsewhere.

Once a traveling monk stopped at a monastery④monastery 英 ['m?n?st(?)r?] 美 ['mɑn?st?ri] n. 修道院；僧侶.Master at monastery assigned his attendant to⑤assign to分派任務(wù)給(某人)，委派，指派engage in silent debate combat with traveling monk.By chance the attendant who was to combat with the wayfarer⑥wayfarer['we?fe?r?] n. 旅人，徒步旅行者h(yuǎn)ad only one eye.

They both were sent for combat. Soon the wayfarer returned to master saying, "Your man is too good. I must journey on."

Wayfarer then told master about the combat. He said , "I held up⑦h(yuǎn)old up 舉起；阻擋；攔截one fi nger to symbolize Buddha,but he held up two fi ngers for Buddha⑧Buddha ['bud?] n. 佛陀；佛像and Dharma.So I held up three fi ngers for Buddha, Dharma and Sangha⑨Sangha ['s??ɡ?] n. 僧伽；僧寶but then he made a fi st to indicate that they were all one. So I ran to indicate that I am no match for⑩be no match for不是……的對(duì)手him."

After saying this wayfarer left. When the traveler left, master's attendant arrived. He was angry and out of breath①it is customary for sb. to do sth. 某人習(xí)慣做某事out of breath 上氣不接下氣. He demanded to his master,"Where is that rascal?②dharma英 ['dɑ?m?; 'd??m?] 美 ['dɑrm?] n. （佛教中的）達(dá)摩（指佛的教法、佛法、一切事物和現(xiàn)象）；（印度教的）法則rascal英 ['rɑ?sk(?)l] 美 ['r?skl] n. 流氓，無(wú)賴(lài)；淘氣鬼，搗蛋鬼adj. 不誠(chéng)實(shí)的；下賤的，卑鄙的"

He continued, "Master, first he insulted③combat with與……戰(zhàn)斗insult [?n's?lt] vt. 侮辱；辱罵；損害 n. 侮辱；凌辱；無(wú)禮me by holding up one finger to indicate I had only one eye. Still being polite, I held up two fingers to indicate that he was blessed with two eyes, but still that traveler kept going on and held up three fi ngers to indicate that together there were only three eyes among them. So I wanted to hit him hard and made a fi st but he ran off. Where is he hiding?"