If You Love, Love Openly!

Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master. Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her.

One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting. Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over,

Eshun arose.Addressing the one who had written her, she said: 'If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now.’

 

PAUL REPS
101 ZEN STORIES
Transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps

 

Source: messagefrommasters.com