samedi 13 novembre 2010

The Abbot and the General

When a rebel army swept into a town in Korea, all the monks of the Zen temple fled but the Abbot. The general came into the temple and was very unhappy that the Abbot did not receive him with  proper respect and manners.

"Don't you know," yelled the general,"that you are looking at a man who can slice you down without blinking?" 
 

"And you,"replied the Abbot strongly, "that you are looking at a man who can be sliced down without blinking!" 


The general stared at him, bowed and left...


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