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#1 2007-02-18 01:44:51
Gift
A monk named Ryokan returned home one night to find a thief.
Living an ascetic life, Ryokan had nothing in his home worth stealing. But he surprised the intruder, saying, "You may have come a long way to visit me and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my robe as a gift."
He offered forth the robe from his back, and the thief slunk away.
"Poor fellow," the master said, gazing at the night sky. "I wish I could give him this beautiful moon."
When it is rainy, I am in the rain. When it is windy, I am in the wind. - Mitsuo Aida
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#2 2007-02-18 10:10:59
- Kerry
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Re: Gift
the grasping
slinking thief
under the beautiful moon......
The temple bell stops, but the sound keeps coming out of the flowers. -Basho
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#3 2007-02-18 19:08:56
- D.J.
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Re: Gift
“Know Thyself”
Every act of taking – each episode of obsession, is an act of desperate need to know and to have the self. Every act of taking is a step closer to emptiness and toward self-destruction.
Know Thyself . . . and emptiness dies.
"Manifest great deeds by breaking the rules."
Awa Kenzo - Zen Archery Master
"If you think that you are a teacher, then you have failed to realize that learning comes from the student."
Kiko Aratsu
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#4 2007-02-18 21:26:47
- jamesnyman
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Re: Gift
This story is presented in a very beautifully illustrated childern's book...Zen Shorts by Jon J Muth...along with two other koans. It is worth checking out.
"The means are the ends in the making." Mohandas K. Ghandi
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