Monday, September 15, 2008

Words Of Wisdom


A rich man asked a Zen master to write something that the family could cherish for generations.


On a large piece of paper, the master wrote, “Father dies, son dies, grandson dies.” The rich man became angry when he saw the master’s words.

“ If your son should die before you,” the master answered, “this would bring unbearable grief to your family.
If your grandson should die before your son this would also bring great sorrow.

If your family, generations after generation, disappears in the order I have mentioned, it will be the natural course of life. This is true happiness.”

Knowledge has its ways which ignorance knows not. Ask questions to the master; don’t questions the master.