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Zen Stories
Christan Two Rabbits
One of master Gasan's monks visited the university in Tokyo. When
he returned, he asked the master if he had ever read the Christian
Bible. "No," Gasan replied, "Please read some of it
to me." The monk opened the Bible to the Sermon on the Mount in
St. Matthew, and began reading. After reading Christ's words about
the lilies in the field, he paused. Master
Gasan was silent for a long time. "Yes," he finally said,
"Whoever uttered these words is an enlightened being. What you
have read to me is the essence of everything I have been trying to
teach you here!"
(In another version of this story, it is a Christian who reads the
Bible passage to Gasan.)
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