Zen master Miyoshi gave hour-long lectures on Tuesdays. On another Tuesday, Miyoshi walked into the lecture hall, preparing to talk about the understanding of beauty in Zen. The audience was already filled. But as soon as Miyoshi took his place and opened his mouth, streams of the most terrible obscenities began to be heard from the neighboring village...
Miyoshi was silent for the entire hour, and the listeners listened to the sounds of swearing from behind the hill.
An hour later Miyoshi said:
— The lecture is over.
And he left the hall.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru