The Pure Mountain Path






         Teachings of the Tao by Roshi Hogan

November 5, 2009

A Story Inspired By Tonight’s Beautiful Moon

Filed under: Teachings — roshihogan @ 1:05 am



A Master lived the simplest kind of life in a small non-descript hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in worth taking. The Master returned and found him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the thief, and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.” The thief was bewildered, but he took the clothes and ran away. The Master sat down naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, ” I wish I could give him this beautiful moon.”

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