Zen do not like writing stories on the blog, but not wanting to lose the write here.
Once, a student came to the Zen Center-Hyang Bong and said, "Master, please, teach me the Dharma."
-Hyang Bong said, "I'm sorry, but my Dharma is very expensive."
The student: "How much does it cost?"
-Hyang Bong: "How can you pay?"
The disciple felt in his pocket and pulled out some coins, "This is all the money I possess."
-Hyang Bong said, "Even if you offer me a pile of gold as big as a mountain, my Dharma would be even more expensive."
So the student went out to go to Zen practice on his own. After several months of hard practice and returned to Hyang-Bong said: "Master, I will give my life, I'll do anything for you, I'll be your slave. But, please, give me the teaching."
-Hyang Bong said, "Even if you offer me a thousand of your lives, my Dharma would still be too expensive."
Completely demoralized, the practitioner went away again. After more months of hard practice, he returned and said: "Master, I will give my mind. I teach now?"
-Hyang Bong said, "Your mind is a bucket of stinking garbage. I do not need. Even if you offer me ten thousand minds, my Dharma would still be too expensive for you!"
Again, the disciple went off to do hard practice. After another bit of tim he came to the realization that the whole universe is empty. So he returned from the master and said, "Now I understand what was dear to your Dharma."
-Hyang Bong said, "And how is dear?". The disciple cried: "Kwatz !!!!"
-Hyang Bong said, "No, is still more expensive than that! ".
This time, when to go back, the student was completely confused and gripped by a deep despair. then vowed to never see the teacher until he reached the supreme awakening. In the end, that day came and he returned from Hyang-Bong, "Master, now I truly understood," he said, "The sky is blue and the grass is green ... !"...
Then the disciple was furious: "I have already understood, I no longer need your Dharma, you can keep it and stick in the ass."
-Hyang Bong laughed. This angered even more students, who turned around and started to leave the room. As soon as he passed the door, Hyang Bong-called him, "Hey, wait a minute!" The disciple turned his head and stopped. "Do not lose it, my Dharma, now!" Hyang-Bong said.
hearing these words, the disciple was immediately illuminated. Clasped his hands in front of Hyang-Bong, smiled and walked away.
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