一九六八年  三藩市

l968  San Francisco

上人為兩隻鴿子分別取名為「十二因緣」和「七菩提分」。牠們的性情顯著地不同，「七菩提分」很溫和，「十二因緣」則很急躁，常常用牠的翅膀拍打以悲智來教化牠的上人。

The Master gave them the names ‘Twelve Causes and Conditions’ and ‘Seven Bodhi Shares,’ and their dispositions were quite distinct. Seven Bodhi Shares was gentle, but Twelve Causes and Conditions was impatient and would often beat her wings against the Master, who taught her with wise and gentle kindness.