使用了 not as... as... 的比较级结构，将 'asking others' 和 'relying on oneself' 进行对比，句意清晰明了。
A person was sheltering from the rain under an eave when he saw Guanyin walking past with an umbrella. The person said, "Guanyin, please save all sentient beings; will you take me with you?" Guanyin replied, "I am in the rain, and you are under the eave. There is no rain under the eave, so you do not need me to save you." The person immediately jumped out from under the eave and stood in the rain, saying, "Now I am also in the rain. Shouldn't you save me now?" Guanyin answered, "You are in the rain, and I am in the rain. I am not getting wet because I have an umbrella; you are getting wet because you do not. Therefore, it is not me who saves me, but the umbrella that saves me.
If you wish to be saved, you need not look for me. Please find your own umbrella!" With that, she left. The next day, the person encountered a difficult situation and went to a temple to pray to Guanyin. Upon entering the temple, he noticed someone bowing before the statue of Guanyin. This person looked exactly like Guanyin, without any difference. The person asked, "Are you Guanyin?" The other replied, "I am indeed Guanyin." The person asked again, "Then why are you bowing to yourself?" Guanyin smiled and said, "I have also encountered difficulties, but I know that Asking others is not as good as relying on oneself."
某人在屋檐下躲雨，看见观音正撑伞走过。这人说：“观音菩萨，普度一下众生吧，带我一段如何？”观音说：“我在雨里，你在檐下，而檐下无雨，你不需要我度。”这人立刻跳出檐下，站在雨中：“现在我也在雨中了，该度我了吧？”观音说：“你在雨中，我也在雨中，我不被淋，因为有伞；你被雨淋，因为无伞。所以不是我度自己，而是伞度我。
你要想度，不必找我，请自找伞去！”说完便走了。第二天，这人遇到了难事，便去寺庙里求观音。走进庙里，才发现观音的像前也有一个人在拜，那个人长得和观音一模一样，丝毫不差。这人问：“你是观音吗？”那人答道：“我正是观音。”这人又问：“那你为何还拜自己？”观音笑道：“我也遇到了难事，但我知道，求人不如求己。”