
20 Aug TAGORE – A Japanese Folktale
An old Japanese tale recounts how once a warlike samurai challenged a teacher of Zen to explain the concept of heaven and hell. Then the monk replied with scorn: “You’re nothing but a measly – I cannot lose my time with your peers!”.With insulted egoism, the angry samurai drew his sword screaming: “I could kill you for your insolence!”.”This,” said the monk calmly, “is hell.” Being startled, recognizing how true was what the teacher told him about the rage that had conquered him the samurai calmed down, hid his sword into the sheath and bowed, thanking the monk for his deep knowledge.”And this,” said the monk, “is heaven ‘…
(Translation based on the Greek text)