What is your purpos(就石磨刀)
There is a Buddhist scripture circulated in
China, which records many interesting stories.
One of the stories is as follows.
There is a man who works in the palace.
The king said to him one day.
I know you are very poor. A camel died
yesterday in the palace.
I will give you the corpse of this camel.
He is very happy.
He thought to himself.
I can peel off the skin of this camel and
sell it and then sell the meat of the camel.
Wow. If I do this, I will get a lot of
money.
He carried the body of the camel home.
He must first peel off the camel's skin.
He found that his knife was blunt.
He went to the second floor of his house to
sharpen his knife with a whetstone.
He sharpened his knife and went back to the
first floor to start work.
Because the camel's skin was very hard,
after he worked for ten minutes, the knife became blunt again.
He must go back to the second floor again
to sharpen the knife.
He thought to himself.
I should think of a way so that I can
handle this difficult job more quickly.
I can't waste time and energy on going up
and down the stairs.
So he thought of a good way. He spent a lot
of effort to move the body of the camel to the second floor.
His neighbors laughed at him when they saw
his behavior.
The storyteller presents his views at this
time.
Do you think this person is stupid, but
look at the people around you.
In order to achieve a goal, some measures
were taken. But in the process, these people have forgotten the real purpose
and are obsessed with the means.
Aren’t these people just as stupid as this
stupid poor man?
These people may have been busy for a long
time, but they have forgotten the purpose of doing this thing.
The meaning of this idiom is used to remind
us not to be confused by the means to achieve a goal.
Dear friend, what inspiration or thoughts
did you have after hearing this story.
Have you ever made a similar mistake? When
you do something, do you regularly check your purpose for doing it?
I hope this story will give you some new
gains.
就石磨刀(What is your purpos)
有一本中國流傳的佛教經典，這本書中紀錄許多有意思的小故事。
其中有一個故事如下。
有一個人他在王宮中工作。
有一天國王對他說。
我知道你很窮困，皇宮中昨天剛好死了一隻駱駝。
我把這隻駱駝的屍體送給你。
他非常的開心。
他心裡想。
我可以把這隻駱駝的皮剝下來賣掉然後再把駱駝的肉賣掉。
哇哇。我這樣做就會讓我得到一大筆錢啊。
他把這隻駱駝的屍體運回家裡。
他首先要先把這隻駱駝的皮剝下來。
他發現他的刀子很鈍。
他就到他家的二樓用磨刀石磨刀子。
他磨好刀子回到一樓他就開始工作。
因為這隻駱駝的皮很堅硬，他工作了十分鐘後，這隻刀子又變鈍了。
他必須再度回到二樓去磨刀。
他心裡想。
我應該想一個方法讓我可以更快速處理好這件艱難的工作。
我不能浪費時間與體力在上下樓。
於是他想到一個好方法。他花費了很大的力氣把這隻駱駝的屍體搬到二樓。
他的鄰居們看見他的這個行為就都嘲笑他。
說故事的作者這時候提出他的看法。
你覺得這個人很愚蠢嗎，但是你看看你周遭的人。
為了達成一個目的所以採取了一些手段。但是這些人在過程中卻忘記了真正的目的而執著在手段了。
這些人不就是跟這個愚昧的貧窮人一樣地愚蠢嗎。
這些人可能忙了半天，但他們根本已經忘記做這件事情的目的啊。
這句成語的意思是被用來提醒我們，在達成一個目的的時候不要被達成目地的手段所迷惑。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有犯過類似的錯誤嗎?你在做一件事情的時候會定期的檢視自己做這件事情的目的為何嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為百喻經-卷1-18條就樓磨刀