感恩表徵
中譯：莊圓琪
校譯：林鈺堂
在我近來遭受痔疾磨難的期間，我很幸運的受助於一位在奧克蘭凱薩醫院外科部門門診，已退休的外科醫生─慈悲的威廉斯醫師。我以臨時起意的笑話獻給他，作為我感恩的表達。
八月十九日那天，在他於兩天之內第二次幫我將痔核推回去後，我說：「威廉斯醫師，您在和大自然打乒乓球」。他回說：「不盡然」。
八月廿六日，在他檢視過我的情況且發現有很大的改善後，我說：「咸廉斯醫師，您是如此的了解您的病人，您了解他們到他們的裏子都翻在外頭。」帶著笑容，他回說：「這是非常好的！林先生。嗯！裏子都翻在外頭。」
此外，我還送他一本我作的英文小冊《健身球之道》及一張背後有陳上師網址的口袋型觀音唐卡。
將此等笑話記錄於此，以便使更多痔疾的患者及醫師們，都可以在他們的磨難中略得片刻的舒緩。
二○○四年八月廿七日 養和齋 於加州
Tokens of Gratitude Yutang Lin
During my recent hemorrhoids ordeals I was fortunate to be helped by the compassionate retired surgeon Dr. Williams at the surgery department of Oakland Kaiser Hospital. As tokens of my gratitude I offered him jokes that came to me on the spot.
On August 19 after he helped push the hemorrhoids back in for the second time in two days, I said, "Dr. Williams, you are playing ping-pong with nature." He replied, "Not really."
On August 26 after he reviewed the situation and found much improvement, I said, "Dr. Williams, you know your patients so well, you know them inside out." With a smile he replied, "That is very good, Mr. Lin. Inside out, um."
n addition I also offered him my booklet "Playing with Health Balls" and a wallet-size card of Chenrezig Thangka with yogichen.org's website on its back.
These jokes are put down here so more hemorrhoids patients and doctors would have a moment of relief from their ordeals.
August 27, 2004
El Cerrito, California