In the dark night, there is a monk ascetic pilgrimage over the years to find the Buddha everywhere, to a deserted village, dark road, rural people are traveling back and forth seamlessly. .

The ascetic went into a small alley, where he saw a light flashing from the faint yellow light, from the stillness of the alley. One villager said, "The blind man is here." Blind? As he growled, he asked a neighboring villager, "The person carrying the lantern, is it really blind?"

The answer he got was "Yes." 

The ascetic thought forever still can not understand. One who has blind eyes, he basically has no concept of day or night. He can not see the high mountains flowing water, nor can see the world of green things red and yellow. He did not even know what the light was like, so he was carrying a lantern like that, did not he let people laugh? 

Will the blind light the oil? 

The lantern closer and closer, the light gradually climbing from the depths of the alley moving to the bottom of the nucleus. The monk thought not understand, asked: "Dare to ask the owner, you really a blind man?"

The blind man holding the lantern said to him, "Yes, from the moment I came here, my eyes only saw a dark color."

"If you did not see anything, what about carrying a lantern?"

The blind man said, "It is dark now. I heard that there was no light in the dark, so people around the world were like me, so I did not see anything, so I would like to light a lamp. "

The monk understood something, saying: "Then you light up because it is to illuminate everyone."

But the blind man said, "No, I am for myself!"

"Because of yourself?" The monk innocently.

The blind man said slowly to the progenitor: "Did you ever go in the dark and be hit by another passerby?" 

"Yes, just in the beginning, I was not careful to be hit by two other people." 

The blind man heard this, calmly said: "And I have never been touched. Although I am blind, I can not see anything, but when I carry this lantern, I can see the way to others, more so that others will see me. As such, they will not because they do not see me hit. " 

Buddha as a lamp, just to light it, even if we do not see the Buddha, the Buddha will also see me ... 

The ascetic rose as he realized something, face to face heaven and sigh: "I go around the corner of the sea, everywhere to find the Buddha, so unexpected Buddha right next door. ta It turns out that Buddha is like a lamp, just light it, even if we do not see the Buddha, the Buddha will see me too! " 

So, for the light of our lives, let others light you! So, in the dark night of life, we can find the peaceful and peaceful spot of ourselves.END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.6/7/2018.