✣ The Moon Cannot Be Stolen ✣ Ryokan, a Zen master, lived - TopicsExpress



          

✣ The Moon Cannot Be Stolen ✣ Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing in it to steal. Ryokan returned and caught him. “You may have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.” The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away. Ryokan sat naked, watching the Moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could give him this beautiful Moon… ✣ Zen Essentials Image Source; Buddhism
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:25:20 +0000

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