There once was a master who went to India. He had never been there before. When he got there, he saw a lot of f 小題1: . In India they have plenty of fruit to sell, but much of it is expensive b 小題2: they can’t grow much as a result of the water situation. He saw a big basket of some very red, long fruit. And it was the c 小題3: in the shop, not expensive at all.
He went up and asked，“how much per kilo?”“Two rupees.”Two rupees in India is almost
n 小題4: ; it’s like dirt (塵土). So he bought a whole kilogram of it and started eating it. But
a 小題5: he ate some of it: Oh, my god! His eyes watered, his mouth watered and burned, his eyes were burning, his head was burning and his face became red. He jumped up and down, saying，“Ah! Ah! Ah!”
But he s 小題6: continued to eat! Some people looking at him shook their heads and said，“You’re crazy. Those are chilies (辣椒)! You can’t eat them like that. They’re not fruit!” However, the master said, “No, I can’t stop! I paid money for them, and now I’ll eat them. It’s my money!”
You may think that master was s 小題7: , right? Similarly, we sometimes do a lot of things
l 小題8: that. We devote money, time or effort to a relationship. Even though the suffering experience tells us it won’t w 小題9: , and we know there’s no hope things will change in the future—we still continue just because we’ve devoted money, time, effort and love to it. Just like the man who ate the chilies and suffered so much but couldn’t stop.
So even if you’ve lost something, let it g 小題10: and move on. That’s better than continuing to lose.
