The Profound Dialogue

Anecdotes

oi-Staff

By Staff

Friday, July 24, 2009, 14:46

Young pupils of Zen are trained by the teachers to express themselves. Two Zen temples had two child pupil each who meet each other on the way when one goes to buy vegetables in the morning.

"Where are you going?", asked the one to the other who was to buy vegetables.

"I am going wherever my feet goes", said the other.

The puzzled pupil approached his teacher for clarification. The teacher asked him to ask him the next day, what if he did not have legs. This question would fix the other pupil.

The children met again the next morning and the questioner asked, "Where are you going?"

"I am going wherever the wind blows," answered the other.

This answer perplexed the other all the more that he went back with the new answer to his teacher.

The teacher said "Ask him where he is going if there is no wind"

The student met the other the following day and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I am going to the market to buy vegetables," the other replied.