Monk wisdom is here

One day, a loyal young monk witnessed conversation between a very rich businessman and his master. Seeing how disrespectful the business man was, the monk was angry. But his master kept smiling.

When the conversation was over, the monk asked the master,

“Master, how can you let him treat you like that? He thinks he is much higher than you, he’s so full of pride, and greed. How can you be so patient? I cannot help but to resent him!”

In response, the master patted him on the shoulder.

“Look deeper, and see; behind every pride is the fear of not being acknowledged by others; behind every greed is the fear of lack or losing something. Seeing that fearful man, I cannot help but to feel compassion toward him; and wish he is freed from such sufferings.”

Hearing this, the monk was silent.

Feel simplicity

You feel simplicity through what it is not. There is no pride, no character, no ideas that obscure the view. Simplicity is reflected not in absence, but in presence and complete acceptance. It is a knowing all is perfect and improvement is unnecessary. It is content to live moment-to- moment, to allow spontanaeity to be its guide. Simplicity is a not imposed, but allowed or resisted with the flow. It is discerned as division between conscious and unconscious dissolves. Simplicity denies nothing and speaks in stillness.