Quote from Master of the Three Ways
Master of the Three Ways: Reflections of a Chinese Sage on Living a Satisfying Life
by Hung Ying-ming, Translated by William Scott Wilson
Shambhala Publications, Boulder, Colorado, 2012 196 pages
Our ears forever hear things distasteful to them.
Our mind is forever filled with events contrary to our desires.
But such situations are exactly the whetstone for
advancing our virtue, for putting our discipline into
practice.
If we always heard words pleasing to our ears,
Living this life would be just like being buried
alive in poison. (p. 9)
-- quote submitted by Barb D.
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