There is a knight with a sword who stands in front of two doors. The master in front of the doors asks him, “What is your career? What is your profession?” And the knight replies, “I am a samurai.” The master says, “You are not a real samurai.” Because the knight felt suddenly insulted, he got really angry. Then the master said to him, “The door to hell is already open.” The samurai was really intelligent, and he realized that he had been tricked by the master. The master saw this and replied, “Well, now the door to paradise is open in front of you.”
I offer you this story to show you how our mind can create our suffering.
BE LIKE A TREE - Zen Talks by Thích Phước Tịnh
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