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title: No Ajahn Chah《193》
description: "《193》有時，我在行禪時，天上落著微微的小雨，我會想放棄，到茅篷內避雨，但是，憶起昔日在稻田里工作的那段時光：我的褲子通常從前一天濕到隔日，但黎明前又得起床，再把它穿上，然後走到屋子下面，將水牛牽出牛欄。那里面一片泥濘，我捉起牛繩，而牛繩"
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《193》有時，我在行禪時，天上落著微微的小雨，我會想放棄，到茅篷內避雨，但是，憶起昔日在稻田里工作的那段時光：我的褲子通常從前一天濕到隔日，但黎明前又得起床，再把它穿上，然後走到屋子下面，將水牛牽出牛欄。那里面一片泥濘，我捉起牛繩，而牛繩通常都被牛糞給覆蓋著，然後水牛會擺動牠的尾巴，沾在上面的牛糞會濺得我一身都是，我的腳因患有香港腳，所以很痛。我會邊走邊想：「為何生命會如此痛苦？」而今，我在這兒經行，一點雨又算得了什麼呢？這樣的想法，使我在修行中激勵了我自己。

Sometimes when doing walking meditation, a soft rain would start to fall and I』d want to quit and go inside, but then I』d think of the times I used to work in the rice paddies. My pants would be wet from the day before but I』d have to get up before dawn and put them on again. Then I』d have to go down below the house to get the buffalo out of its pen. It was so muddy in there. I』d grab its rope and it would be covered in buffalo dung. Then the buffalo』s tail would swish around and spatter me with dung on top of that. My feet would be sore with athlete』s foot and I』d walk along thinking, "Why is life so miserable?" And now here I wanted to stop my walking meditation…what was a little bit of rain to me? Thinking like that I encouraged myself in the practice.