Robot Monk Xian'er

Must one experience a lot before coming to realize what he truly wants? Xian'er says so: How am I wrong?Xian’er asked Shifu, Why is it that having scrubbed so many toilet bowls I still don’t have much wisdom? Shifu answered, It is because you have not done much thinking. So Xian’er stopped scrubbing toilet bowls for a long time. Shifu found Xian’er and asked, The toilet bowls are filthy. Why haven’t you done any cleaning? Xian’er replied， It is because I am doing my thinking.Shifu said: Why are you being so dogmatic? Xian’er said, I am sorry that I am wrong. But Shifu, how am I wrong this time?Below are quoted from my Shifu’s new book, Say Good Things—Master Xuecheng’s insight on the path to speaking like a Buddha.  Thinking and experiencing cannot be separated. One must learn to think after some experience. It is as the old saying goes, “A fall in pit, a gain in wisdom.”But thinking is not necessarily limited to one’s own experience. Those who are good at thinking gain insights from listening and/or obse