"Kamu sudah repot-repot masuk kemari," katanya kepada pencuri, "jangan sampai kamu tidak memperoleh hasil apa-apa. Terimalah pakaianku ini sebagai hadiah."
Pencuri itu bingung tapi tetap mengambil pakaian tersebut sambil melarikan diri.
Guru Zen duduk telanjang memandang bulan.
"Kasihan," katanya bergumam. "Andai saja aku bisa, akan kuberikan bulan yang indah ini kepadanya."
A Zen Master lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, while he was away, a thief sneaked into the hut only to find there was nothing in it to steal. The Zen Master returned and found him. "You have come a long way to visit me," he told the prowler, "and you should not return empty handed. Please take my clothes as a gift." The thief was bewildered, but he took the clothes and ran away. The Master sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could give him this beautiful moon."
