With time, he finally came to his senses. "As to the monastic discipline required to turn a foul-mouthed, gambling, and whoring hoodlum into a pious Buddhist ascetic, Brother Chang-neng only answers," You've got to experience it to understand it. "
從一個醒來就吃喝嫖賭、張口就粗言惡語的流氓生活，到學習出家人的行止坐臥，章能法師承認那的確經過了一大段難以言喻的苦修，至於佛法的滋味，他只能說「如人飲水、冷暖自知」了。