Thursday, January 2, 2014

The Blockhead Lord


Two Zen teachers, Daigu and Gudo, were invited to visit a lord.

Upon arriving, Gudo said to the lord, "You are wise by nature and have an inborn ability to learn Zen."

"Nonsense," said Daigu. "Why do you flatter this blockhead? He may be a lord, but he doesn't know anything of Zen."

So, instead of building a temple for Gudo, the lord built it for Daigu and studied Zen with him.

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