But Liao reflected on something that the monk who had converted him to Buddhism had once casually told him: "The difficulties encountered in anything you do are your past sins embodied as present obstacles. You should boldly confront them." The monk had also once told him, "In a sea of troubles, seek a boat; in a fire, seek a red lotus."
可是說也奇怪，他皈依的聖嚴法師曾經有意無意告訴他：「做任何事遇到困難都是我們累世以來積下的業障，要勇敢面對」；他也曾說過「要在苦海裡求航舟，在火中求紅蓮」。