Winstkansen voor Japan?
(Attica Nieuwsbrief, januari 2010)

“Two Buddhist teachers, seventy year old Kalu Rinpoche of Tibet, a veteran of years of solitary retreat, and the Zen master Seung Sahn, the first Japanese master to teach in the United States, were to test each other’s understanding of the Buddha’s teaching for the benefit of onlooking Western students.

The Japanese Zen master, who was already gaining renown for his method of hurling questions at his students until they were forced to admit their ignorance, reached deep inside his robes and drew out an orange.
“What is this?” he demanded of the Tibetan lama.
The Tibetan sat quietly and made no move to respond.

“What is this?” the Zen master insisted, holding the orange up to the Tibetan’s nose.
Finally Kalu Rinpoche bent very slowly to the monk sitting near to him who acted as the translator. He whispered something in his ear, where after the translator addressed the room:
“Rinpoche asks himself how to intelligently debate with a man who does not even know what an orange is.


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