Zen

A girl in a village became pregnant. Her parents demanded who was the father. She said it was the Zen Master. The parents of the girl went to the Zen Master, and said you made our girl pregnant! He said, is that so? When the child was born the girls parents took the child to the Zen Master and said, this is your child you look after it! The Zen Master said, is that so? The Zen Master lost all of his students; his friends and village people shunned him. The Zen Master cared for and loved the child. A year later the girl felt guilty and finally told her parents the truth, that the child’s father was the Butchers son in the village. The parents went to the Zen Master told him the truth and took the child back, apologized, said they were sorry. The Zen Master said, is that so?

In this story the Zen Master did not let his ego run the show he just took things in stride and he new that things would work out what ever way they were suppose to. In life all of us have been accused of things we did not do, and things that we did not even know we were even being accused of. The reason accusations start and are carried on threw gossip, and people put you down. Their ego needs a boost; the ego needs something to feed on to make them feel good about themselves. Their ego needs a reaction from someone, somewhere or something!

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada