Illustrating Teaching Points

The Master asked a pupil: “How do you know this path is the right one?”

“I don’t,” answered the pupil.

“Then, why are you following it?” persisted the Master.

“I don’t know that either,” was the answer.

The Master looked at the pupil for a long time. “If you were me, would you take you as a pupil?”

“No!” was the decisive answer.

The Master sighed. “You are ready to learn,” he agreed.

* * *

“Do you like the good and dislike the bad?” asked the teacher.

“Yes,” was the reply.

“Do you prefer beauty to ugliness?”

“Yes,” came the answer.

“Would you rather be rich than poor?”

Again the answer was “yes”.

“Well, at least you’re honest,” conceded the Teacher.

– Justin Stone