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chán zhè ge zì hěn nán jiěshì ，tā shì yīzhǒng zhìhuì ，érqiě yǒuzhe fēicháng shēn fēicháng guǎng de yìyì 。wǒ lái shuō yī gè xiǎo gùshi ba ，kàn nǐ néngbùnéng míngbai 。Dámó shì Zhōngguó chánzōng zǔshī ，yǒu yī tiān tā wèn zìjǐ de dìzǐ ：yī dī shuǐ zěnyàng cái néng bù gānhé ？dìzǐ men xiǎngláixiǎngqù a ，dōu huídá bù chū 。

This word is very difficult to explain. It's a kind of way of approaching things. It's both very deep and very broad. I'll tell you a story and see if you understand. Once there was a Chan master named Bodhidharma. One day he asked his pupils, 'How could a single drop of water never dry up'? His pupils thought about it long and hard, but none of them could come up with an answer.

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罗布泊曾经是一片湖泊，后来干涸了。美国的卫星拍摄到的罗布泊酷似一只耳朵。

Luóbùpō céngjīng shì yī piàn húpō ，hòulái gānhé le 。Měiguó de wèixīng pāishè dào de Luóbùpō kùsì yī zhī ěrduo 。

The Lop Nor was once a lake. Later, it dried up. As photographed by American satellites, the Lop Nor is shaped like an ear.

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