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Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.
Ryokan returned and caught 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. He took the clothes and slunk away.
Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. "Poor fellow," he mused, "I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon."
>What is your interpretation of this Koan?
>What can we learn from it?
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Its almost self explanatory
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>>8012389
>Ryokan, a Zen master
>Ryokan returned
>Ryoken sat naked
so, ryokan or ryoken?
also i know the only ryoken and it's pic related
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>>8012389
Are you reading Zen Flesh Zen Bones, OP? Great stuff.
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>>8012389
seeing Ryokan naked, the thief was so scared that he ran like hell.
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>>8012431
the part how ryokan was registered as a sex offender afterwards is usually omitted from the koan books :^)
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