In our current efforts at mainstreaming buddhism , we should remember that one source of buddhism ' s strength is its ability to keep one foot out of the mainstream , and that the traditional metaphor for the practice is that it crosses over the stream to the further shore 在当前使佛教主流化的努力当中，我们应记得，佛教的力量来自于不随波逐流，修证的传统譬喻是跨越水流、到达彼岸。
This analogy cited by master made me realize that pursuing spiritual practice in this world is similar to battling on the front lines of a war . whether or not we can protect our inner spirit and diligently improve our character depends on how truthfully we make demands on ourselves 听了师父这般譬喻之后，我深深觉得我们在这世界修行，真的犹如置身前线战场般，内在的保护与精进端靠我们确实的自我要求了。
Master often tells stories and parables in her teachings . one of these stories was about a russian czar named peter , who once disguised himself as a civilian and went to europe to learn ship - building techniques . there , he encountered a group of russian criminals whom he had banished 师父常引用一些故事和譬喻来开导我们，有一次说到：苏俄有一位国王叫彼得，有一次他乔装成平民到欧洲学习造船的技术，在那里遇到一群因为犯罪被他驱逐的人民。
I would like to use a simple analogy as an illustration . assuming that there are two apples on the table , one of them is a real apple and the other , a fake . should we be hungry for food , it would be good if we picked the real apple and threw away the fake 答：这是一个非常重要的问题，是整个教派的的传承问题，这里我以一个简单譬喻来说明，有如桌上有两个苹果，一真一假，如果我们要充饥，能够选到真的留下，把假的丢掉，那是非常好的，因为可吃饱。
When this information was given , and they had all taken their seats , mr . collins was at leisure to look around him and admire , and he was so much struck with the size and furniture of the apartment , that he declared he might almost have supposed himself in the small summer breakfast parlour at rosings ; a comparison that did not at first convey much gratification ; but when mrs . philips understood from him what rosings was , and who was its proprietor , when she had listened to the description of only one of lady catherine s drawing - rooms , and found that the chimney - piece alone had cost eight hundred pounds , she felt all the force of the compliment , and would hardly have resented a comparison with the housekeeper s room 大家听到这个消息之后，便都坐了下来。柯林斯先生悠闲自在地朝四下望望，瞻仰瞻仰一切屋子的尺寸和里面的家具使他十分惊羡，他说他好象进了咖苔琳夫人在罗新斯的那间消夏的小饭厅。这个比喻开头并不怎么叫主人家满意，可是接下来腓力普太太弄明白了罗新斯是一个什么地方，它的主人是谁，又听他说起咖苔琳夫人的一个会客间的情形，光是一只壁炉架就要值八百英镑，她这才体会到他那个譬喻实在太恭维她了，即使把她家里比作罗新斯管家奶奶的房间，她也不反对了。
