A father was worried about his son, who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all. So the father decided to call on a Buddhist monk to train his boy.
一位父亲为儿子担心。儿子16岁了，却没有一点勇气。于是，父亲决定去拜访一位禅师，请他训练儿子。
The Buddhist monk said to the boy 8217;s father, 8220;You should leave your son alone here. I 8217;ll make him into a real man within three months. However, you can’t come to see him during this period. 8220;
禅师对男孩的父亲说：“你应该让他单独留在这里。不出3个月，我要让他成为一个真正的男子汉。不过，在这段时间，你不能来见他。”
Three months later, the boy 8217;s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up; and each time a punch knocked him down, the boy stood up again. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, 8220;What do you think of your child? 8221;
3个月后，男孩的父亲又来见禅师。禅师安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳击比赛。拳师每次一出手，男孩就倒在地上，但男孩又马上站起来;每次将他击倒，他就又站起来。几个回合后，禅师问道：“你认为自己的孩子怎么样?”
8220;What a shame! 8221; the boy 8217;s father said. 8220;I never thought he would be so easily knocked down. I needn 8217;t have him left here any longer. 8221;
“真丢人!”男孩的父亲说，“我绝没想到他这样不堪一击。我不需要他再留在这里了。”
8220;I 8217;m sorry that that 8217;s all you see. Don 8217;t you see that each time he falls down; he stands up again instead of crying? That 8217;s the kind of courage you wanted him to have. 8221;If each time you 8217;re not down, you have the courage to stand up again, then you can be proud of yourself!
“很遗憾，你只看到了这一点。难道你没看到他每次倒下后并没有哭泣，而是重新站起来了吗?这才是你想要他拥有的那种勇气。”如果每次你没有被打倒，你都有勇气站起来，那么，你应该为自己感到自豪!