昨晚，公司一位刚刚入职的新员工，由于家中发生了一件不幸的事，急需几万块钱解燃眉之急，以尽孝道。当我在电话里听到他难于启齿和心急如焚的声音时，我即刻放下手中的事，凑了几万块钱通知他来取钱。当他从我手中接过钱的时候，他几乎跪下身来，以表感激。我本能地急忙说道：你别这样，赶紧起来。那一刻，我的眼眶湿润了，雪中送炭，让我的心灵得以安宁。
Yesterday night, a new employee of my company was in badly need of tens of thousands of Yuan to do filial responsibility due to his family’s misfortune. I stopped what I was doing and gathered the money for him when I felt his anxiety as well as embarrassments in the phone. The moment he got money from my hands, he even kneed down to show gratitude. I hastily said in instinct: “Don’t do this”. At the moment, my eyes went moist. Offering timely help made me peaceful.
一个小小的善举，让我想起《道德经》中＂居善地，心善渊；与善仁，言善信＂这句话。深圳是一个蓬勃发展的现代化城市，无论你来自何方，这片土地都能给予你生长和发展的机会。但在此，任何一个有追求的人都需要勤奋，都需要在你追我赶中拼搏奋进。我曾一度感到来到深圳，就像踩上一条火线，你只有不停地向前奔跑，才不至于被脚下的火线烫伤双脚。
A small kind act reminds me one sentence in Tao Te Ching. “Kindness in lodging gears cultivation; kindness in thinking produces profoundness; kindness in giving gains achievement; kindness in saying acquires credibility”. Shenzhen is a modern city with booming development, presenting you opportunities for growth and success no matter where you are from. However, each one here needs to work hard and struggle in fierce competition. I once came to Shenzhen, just like stepping on a fire line. Only when you keep on running forward can your feet avoid being scalded by the fire line.
不知道为什么，此刻，我脑海里忽然响起了一阵急促的敲打木鱼的声音。为什么出家的修行人要敲打木鱼呢？因为魚在水中除了昼夜不停地游动之外，它的双眼从来到这个世上，就不曾合目。这就是修行人为什么要敲打木魚的原因，昼夜不寐，天道酬勤。
I don’t know why, at this moment, a burst sound of knocking wooden fish occurred to my mind. Why does the monk knock the wooden fish? Fish never closes their eyes since coming to this world except constant swimming day and night. This is why the monk knocks the wooden fish. God rewards the one who works hard regardless of day and night.
懒惰不但是人生贫穷的根，也是身体百病的源。富贵须养德，健康须勤奋。至今我仍然清楚地记得，十二年前，我刚到深圳时，在大街的广告牌上看到的两句话：一句＂时间就是金钱，效率就是生命＂；另一句＂送人玫瑰，手有余香＂。这两句话就是深圳这座现代化城市的真正含义——勤奋而善良。
Laziness is not only the root of poverty, but also the source of diseases. Morality nourishes wealth, just like exercise cultivates health. I still remember clearly the two sentences I saw on ads board in street 12 years ago, when I come to Shenzhen. One is “Time means life, while efficiency means money.” The other one is “After giving roses to others, fragrance remains in your hands.” The two sentences represent the true signification of the modern city Shenzhen: diligence and kindness.
勤奋，乃有为之方法，它能给你带来财富，而善良则是无为之举。“送人玫瑰，手有余香”是自然之道，我们不贪求余香，更不要贪求回报，这就是为什么当年梁武帝佛心天子，广造佛寺，修整经书，勤劝众人出家，而达摩祖师却说他毫无功德。因为梁武帝的所作所为，皆有贪得回报的心念，所以，这就是后来梁武帝并非善终的原因所在。
Diligence is the means to success, which can bring you wealth, while kindness is shown in a natural way. Giving roses to others with fragrance remaining is the doctrine of nature. We are not seeking for remaining fragrance, neither the payback. This is why Dahrma spoke him none of virtue, when Emperor Liangwu was faithful to Buddhist, built Buddhist temples, rectified and sorted out Buddhist classics, and encouraged the ordinary to become a Buddhist monk or nun. Emperor Liangwu intends to get payback from what he has done. And this is why Emperor Liangwu didn’t get a good result in the end.
2017年9月2日马小秋分享
马小秋，《秋言物语》随笔系列原创作者，深圳市鼎益丰集团创始人、总裁 、 禅道商学院院长 、深圳市企业联合会副会长 、 深圳市投资者联合会副会长 、广东省万明子慈善基金会理事长
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