①我跟師父學佛法十餘年了，師父的生活很平常嘛！沒有什麼可學的，不如到五臺山朝拜文殊菩薩好了。
②徒弟：「師父！我想到五臺山朝文殊菩薩。」
師父：「不必去了，在這裡修行和去五臺山朝拜文殊菩薩是一樣的。」
愚蠢徒弟，不明白師父的意思，便說：師父！我已發願朝山，請師父慈悲了我心願。師父見他去意已決便准他去。
③我有兩封信，一封給青娘子，一封給朱老母，你順便替我送去。
④他就按照地址找到青娘子，才知道她是一位妓女。
⑤我知道了，我的工作已做完我也要走了！
說完就坐下圓寂了。
⑥徒弟心裡覺得奇怪，心想：為何師父有一位當妓女的朋友？就撿起信來一看，原來她是觀世音菩薩
⑦但他還是不能覺悟，又將第二封信按照住址交給朱老母，才又知道，原來是一隻豬。
⑧豬老母接信看後也當場死了！徒弟覺得更奇怪：
為什麼看見信就死了呢？於是把信撿起來一看！
原來也是為教化眾生，而化身為豬的普賢菩薩。
⑨但這愚笨徒弟還不覺悟繼續走著……他來到五臺山，見一老人。
“你來五臺山做什麼？你師父就是文殊菩薩。你不拜師父，真是捨近求遠！”
“朝拜文殊菩薩。”
說完就不見了。
⑩這時他才恍然明白，原來師父就是文殊菩薩！於是立刻回頭，趕快回去見師父。可是當他抵達寺門時，師父已圓寂多日了，真是後悔也來不及了！
師父！嗚......
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① Venerable Dushun was the First Patriarch of the Huayan (Flower Adornment) School. He was a virtuous monk who never tried to gain benefits from others. He worked in the fields during the day and recited the Flower Adornment Sutra when he returned to the temple at night.
"I've been studying the Dharma with my teacher for over ten years, and as far as I can tell, he's just an ordinary person; I haven't learned anything from him. I might as well make a pilgrimage to Wutai (Five Peaks) Mountain to worship Manjushri Bodhisattva.
②Disciple:"Master, I'd like to go to Wutai Mountain to bow to Manjushri Bodhisattva!"
Master:"There's no need for you to go. If you stay here and cultivate, it's the same as bowing to Manjushri Bodhisattva at Wutai Mountain."
But the foolish disciple said, "Teacher, I've made a vow to do this pilgrimage. Please let me go!" The Master finally agreed to let him go.
③Before he left, the Master said, "I have two letters I'd like you to take along for me and deliver on your way. One is for Madam Green. The other is for Old Mother Zhu."
④When the disciple reached the address that was written on Madam Green's letter, she turned out to be a prostitute.
⑤Madam Green took the letter, read it, and said, "Good! My work is done. I'm leaving, too." Then she sat down and died on the spot.
⑥The disciple was getting suspicious. "What's my teacher doing writing letters to a prostitute?" he wondered. When he picked up the letter and read it, he found out that Madam Green was really Guanyin Bodhisattva.
⑦The disciple took up the other letter and headed for Old Mother Zhu’s place. She turned out to be an old sow.
⑧The sow took the letter and read it, and then she died on the spot, too! When the disciple looked at the letter, it showed the old pig was a transformation body of Universal Worthy Bodhisattva.
⑨Still not having any idea of what was going on, the disciple continued on his way.
When he arrived at Wutai Mountain, he saw an old man, who asked him, "What have you come here for?"
"I came to bow to Manjushri Bodhisattva."
"You've come such a long way to bow, but you don't bow to your own teacher, who isManjushri Bodhisattva! You have really renounced what is at hand to seek what is afar!" So saying, the old man disappeared.
⑩The disciple finally woke up and rushed back, only to find that his teacher had entered the stillness days before. It was too late!
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