If you don't ask, you won't get it; but if you ask, in effect, you've slighted yourself. If you don't ask, how can you know? But you still have to know how to ask before you can succeed... Remember the story of the ancient worthy who was asked, "What was the intention of the Zen Founder in coming from India?" Amazed, the ancient said, "You ask about the intention of another in coming from India. Why not ask about your own intention?"
Zen Master Foyan: Instant Zen: Waking Up in the Present, translated by Thomas Cleary, 1994
Wandering Ronin commentary and questions: Its quite interesting how some people seem far more interested in testing the understanding of others as opposed to being more concerned with their own. Why do some people want to bring others down to their level? Is there something to be gaining by this behavior?
Submitted November 19, 2018 at 05:15AM by WanderingRonin77 https://ift.tt/2Q4P3PJ
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