Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Zen master https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/zen-master/ Free Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:24:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-fsge-logo-32x32.png Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Zen master https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/zen-master/ 32 32 The Moon Cannot Be Stolen https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/the-moon-cannot-be-stolen-buddhist-zen-story/ Fri, 01 Sep 2017 14:17:25 +0000 http://www.spiritual-short-stories.com/?p=10249 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 shoud not return emptyhanded. 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.” The author of this story is unknown and greatly appreciated!

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]]> 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 shoud not return emptyhanded. 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.”

The author of this story is unknown and greatly appreciated!

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