This morning, after silent meditation, Sensei distributed test sheets to the monks and instructed them to complete the test in 30 minutes.
When the monks began reading their sheets, they were shocked to find that instead of questions, there were 10 answers neatly written down. The test for the monks was to think and write 10 appropriate ‘questions’ against each of the ‘answers’, so that the the Question and Answer set perfectly complemented each other.
This was the toughest test the monks had ever attempted.
Afterwards, Sensei said, “All your life, you keep finding answers to questions. Instead, think of your life as beautiful answers, and find the questions that complement them! You will quickly realize who, and why you are.”
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