[Once, on a cold day, Master Tanka took a wooden statue of Buddha and burned it to get warm.
When the head monk of the temple scolded him, Tanka stirred the ashes with his stick and said, "I burned it to get saint's bones."
The head monk said, "How could one get saint's bones out of a wooden Buddha?"
"Tanka said, "Well, if there aren't any saint's bones, I might as well burn those other two statues too."
As punishment for his words, the head monk lost his eyebrows.]
An official asked, "Since it was Tanka who burned the wooden Buddha, why did the head monk lose his eyebrows?"
Joshu said, "At the home of the official, who is it that boils the vegetables and prepares the meal?"
The official said, "The servant."
Joshu said, "Well, well, he is really something, isn't he?"
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Would you ever permit anyone to shave your eyebrows? Do lots of pushups so you can slap around anyone who tries to shear you.
Meet Tanka on the road and see if he has any saint's bones inside of him.
Edit: Terebess link, Case 28
Submitted January 10, 2019 at 04:34AM by PaladinBen http://bit.ly/2SM3GWv
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