…我以前告訴你們我修大嶼山那時候，沒有徒弟幫著我，只有我自己叫其他的工人在那做。我就得晚上揹米揹麵揹油，這每一次晚間五點鐘上山，走兩個鐘頭到山上七點鐘，揹著五、六十斤東西，就自己揹著米呀，揹著或者是五十磅油啊鹽啊，這是我自己揹著送上去的。
那時候七點鐘到山上，一早三點多又起身下山，因為香港也要講經；香港要講經，又要給山上送吃的東西去，可以雇旁人送上去，但是要用錢。因為我一個仙（cent）我也要留著它來買材料，所以就是雖一個penny（便尼）我也不把它浪費。因為這個所以我在香港兩年半的期間，我造了三個地方；三個地方在兩年半的期間，不是到美國這麼多年，就現在才有這麼一點小小的成就，不是這樣子的。
那為什麼兩年半就有這樣的成績呢？也就因為我苦幹，我不怕一切的困難，我自己親身自己這麼去做去。
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As I told you before, I didn't have any disciples to help me repair the place at Mt. Dayu. I did the work, along with two hired hands. At approximately 5 o'clock every evening, I would haul rice, flour, and oil up the mountain. I would walk for two hours and reach the top of the mountain at 7 o'clock. I would carry 50 or 60 pounds of stuff. I carried the rice, or 50 pounds of oil, salt, and so forth up myself.
I would reach the top of the mountain at 7 p.m., then after 3 o'clock the next morning, I would again rise to go down the mountain. I had to lecture the Sutras in Hong Kong and deliver food to that monastery too. I could have hired people to make the deliveries, but that required money. Since I was going to save every cent to buy building material, I wasn't going to waste one penny. That is the reason why I was able to build three places during those two and a half years in Hong Kong. This is unlike in America, where I've accomplished so little in all these years here. It wasn't that way there.
Why did I have that kind of accomplishment in two and a half years? It is because I worked hard. I wasn't afraid of any hardship. I just went ahead and did the work myself. |
