The Zen teacher sent his chief disciple to the caravanserai for the last test. The student asked:
-What kind of test is this? What should I do in this caravanserai?
The teacher replied:
- Go and just watch everything that happens there and tell me. This will decide whether you become my successor or not.
The student went to the caravanserai. He watched everything. Having come to the Teacher, he said:
“I saw that the owner of the caravanserai cleans the mirror in the evening and cleans it again in the morning. I asked him, “You cleaned the mirror just a few hours ago, why clean it again?” The owner replied: “Dust collects every moment, so you need to clean the mirror at any free moment. You will always find dust collected on it.” And I came to the conclusion that you were absolutely right in sending me to the caravanserai. The same thing happens with the mind: it needs to be cleansed every second, because every second dust by nature continues to collect.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru