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 to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught him. "You have come a long way...
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One day when P'ang layman (740-808)was selling bamboo baskets at the market place of Hung-chou. Seeing a monk begging alms, he took out a cash and said: -Can you tell me how to appreciate alms? The monk had nothing to say. P'ang layman said: -Ask me and I will tell you. The monk asked: -What is it to appreciate alms? P'ang layman replied: -Man seldom hears it. Then he asked the monk: -Do you understand? The monk said: -I do not understand. P'ang layman asked: -Who is the one who does not understand?
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