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Zen	Stories
Stories	That
That	Will
Will	Teach
Teach	You
You	Important
Important	Life
Life	Lessons
Lessons	November
November	Matt
Matt	Valentine
Valentine	Awesome
Awesome	Zen
Zen	Stories
Stories	That
That	Will
Will	Teach
Teach	You
You	Important
Important	Life
Life	Lessons
Lessons	Awesome
Awesome	Zen
Zen	Stories
Stories	That
That	Will
Will	Teach
Teach	You
You	Important
Important	Life
Life	Lessons
Lessons	Zen
Zen	has
has	a
a	rich
rich	tradition
tradition	of
of	storytelling
storytelling	Actually
Actually	just
just	about
about	the
the	entire
entire	human
human	race
race	has
has	a
a	rich
rich	history
history	of
of	storytelling
storytelling	Why
Why	do
do	we
we	like
like	stories
stories	so
so	much
much	Because
Because	we
we	can
can	identify
identify	with
with	them
them	Stories
Stories	whether
whether	real
real	or
or	not
not	pull
pull	and
and	tug
tug	at
at	our
our	emotions
emotions	We
We	connect
connect	personally
personally	with
with	stories
stories	Whereas
Whereas	someone
someone	can
can	tell
tell	us
us	that
that	it
it	s
s	important
important	for
for	us
us	to
to	appreciate
appreciate	and
and	care
care	for
for	our
our	parents
parents	another
another	person
person	can
can	tell
tell	us
us	a
a	story
story	about
about	the
the	life
life	of
of	a
a	daughter
daughter	and
and	her
her	mother
mother	and
and	about
about	how
how	neither
neither	could
could	ever
ever	see
see	eye
eye	to
to	eye
eye	all
all	the
the	way
way	up
up	until
until	the
the	day
day	that
that	the
the	mother
mother	passed
passed	away
away	Even
Even	if
if	you
you	aren
aren	t
t	a
a	daughter
daughter	but
but	a
a	son
son	or
or	if
if	it
it	was
was	your
your	father
father	whom
whom	you
you	had
had	that
that	type
type	of
of	relationship
relationship	with
with	or
or	even
even	if
if	you
you	just
just	feel
feel	like
like	you
you	don
don	t
t	appreciate
appreciate	your
your	mother
mother	or
or	father
father	or
or	both
both	enough
enough	regardless
regardless	a
a	story
story	like
like	that
that	can
can	touch
touch	you
you	in
in	a
a	way
way	that
that	someone
someone	simply
simply	telling
telling	you
you	hey
hey	it
it	s
s	important
important	that
that	you
you	appreciate
appreciate	your
your	parents
parents	could
could	never
never	do
do	We
We	need
need	to
to	experience
experience	something
something	directly
directly	in
in	order
order	to
to	really
really	learn
learn	what
what	it
it	s
s	about
about	This
This	is
is	wisdom
wisdom	as
as	opposed
opposed	to
to	knowledge
knowledge	much
much	like
like	you
you	d
d	acquire
acquire	in
in	a
a	class
class	at
at	school
school	a
a	parrot
parrot	like
like	type
type	of
of	learning
learning	that
that	serves
serves	as
as	a
a	nice
nice	basis
basis	for
for	establishing
establishing	the
the	necessary
necessary	foundation
foundation	for
for	certain
certain	larger
larger	tasks
tasks	but
but	which
which	can
can	serve
serve	little
little	real
real	use
use	elsewhere
elsewhere	particularly
particularly	in
in	advancing
advancing	your
your	well
well	being
being	I
I	love
love	Zen
Zen	stories
stories	Not
Not	just
just	because
because	I
I	find
find	them
them	fun
fun	because
because	I
I	do
do	most
most	Zen
Zen	Buddhist
Buddhist	short
short	stories
stories	require
require	some
some	level
level	of
of	meditative
meditative	contemplation
contemplation	to
to	figure
figure	out
out	I
I	love
love	them
them	because
because	their
their	purpose
purpose	is
is	to
to	teach
teach	a
a	lesson
lesson	Also
Also	Zen
Zen	short
short	stories
stories	go
go	beyond
beyond	just
just	Zen
Zen	They
They	re
re	really
really	just
just	stories
stories	about
about	life
life	So
So	keep
keep	in
in	mind
mind	I
I	only
only	say
say	Zen
Zen	stories
stories	because
because	they
they	originated
originated	from
from	the
the	Zen
Zen	Buddhist
Buddhist	tradition
tradition	They
They	speak
speak	of
of	truths
truths	which
which	everyone
everyone	can
can	learn
learn	from
from	though
though	as
as	does
does	all
all	of
of	Zen
Zen	The
The	lesson
lesson	can
can	be
be	anything
anything	any
any	undeniable
undeniable	life
life	truth
truth	which
which	can
can	be
be	discovered
discovered	through
through	a
a	life
life	devoted
devoted	to
to	looking
looking	within
within	yourself
yourself	This
This	is
is	the
the	life
life	of
of	any
any	Buddhist
Buddhist	many
many	non
non	Buddhists
Buddhists	and
and	should
should	be
be	the
the	life
life	of
of	anyone
anyone	who
who	cares
cares	to
to	find
find	the
the	path
path	to
to	true
true	peace
peace	and
and	happiness
happiness	These
These	stories
stories	only
only	seek
seek	to
to	point
point	the
the	way
way	Don
Don	t
t	take
take	any
any	of
of	them
them	for
for	the
the	truth
truth	without
without	investigating
investigating	them
them	for
for	yourself
yourself	The
The	point
point	isn
isn	t
t	to
to	believe
believe	blindly
blindly	it
it	s
s	to
to	develop
develop	confidence
confidence	in
in	your
your	life
life	and
and	in
in	the
the	way
way	By
By	the
the	way
way	I
I	mean
mean	the
the	way
way	to
to	live
live	our
our	best
best	life
life	and
and	ultimately
ultimately	find
find	peace
peace	within
within	ourselves
ourselves	and
and	with
with	others
others	Here
Here	s
s	some
some	of
of	my
my	favorite
favorite	Zen
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and	bring
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You	Important
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Lessons	Everything
Everything	changes
changes	Suzuki
Suzuki	Roshi
Roshi	I
I	ve
ve	been
been	listening
listening	to
to	your
your	lectures
lectures	for
for	years
years	a
a	student
student	said
said	during
during	the
the	question
question	and
and	answer
answer	time
time	following
following	a
a	lecture
lecture	but
but	I
I	just
just	don
don	t
t	understand
understand	Could
Could	you
you	just
just	please
please	put
put	it
it	in
in	a
a	nutshell
nutshell	Can
Can	you
you	reduce
reduce	Buddhism
Buddhism	to
to	one
one	phrase
phrase	Everyone
Everyone	laughed
laughed	Suzuki
Suzuki	laughed
laughed	Everything
Everything	changes
changes	he
he	said
said	Then
Then	he
he	asked
asked	for
for	another
another	question
question	Explanation
Explanation	One
One	of
of	the
the	foremost
foremost	teachings
teachings	in
in	Buddhism
Buddhism	is
is	that
that	everything
everything	in
in	life
life	is
is	impermanent
impermanent	Suzuki
Suzuki	Roshi
Roshi	Shunryu
Shunryu	Suzuki
Suzuki	of
of	Zen
Zen	Mind
Mind	Beginner
Beginner	s
s	Mind
Mind	is
is	referring
referring	to
to	this
this	impermanence
impermanence	by
by	saying
saying	everything
everything	changes
changes	This
This	is
is	a
a	very
very	deep
deep	teaching
teaching	but
but	I
I	ll
ll	attempt
attempt	to
to	sum
sum	it
it	up
up	in
in	a
a	way
way	that
that	can
can	be
be	understood
understood	and
and	immediately
immediately	helpful
helpful	in
in	a
a	few
few	words
words	Because
Because	it
it	encompasses
encompasses	everything
everything	you
you	can
can	contemplate
contemplate	for
for	hours
hours	on
on	end
end	and
and	not
not	realize
realize	the
the	full
full	magnitude
magnitude	of
of	the
the	principle
principle	of
of	impermanence
impermanence	You
You	are
are	impermanent
impermanent	your
your	loved
loved	ones
ones	are
are	impermanent
impermanent	your
your	home
home	is
is	impermanent
impermanent	even
even	our
our	planet
planet	is
is	impermanent
impermanent	Why
Why	is
is	this
this	important
important	Because
Because	it
it	teaches
teaches	us
us	that
that	grasping
grasping	onto
onto	things
things	is
is	one
one	of
of	the
the	major
major	reasons
reasons	as
as	to
to	why
why	we
we	suffer
suffer	We
We	need
need	to
to	live
live	being
being	aware
aware	of
of	the
the	ever
ever	changing
changing	nature
nature	of
of	reality
reality	and
and	appreciate
appreciate	the
the	present
present	moment
moment	It
It	s
s	not
not	about
about	letting
letting	go
go	it
it	s
s	really
really	about
about	not
not	grasping
grasping	in
in	the
the	first
first	place
place	If
If	we
we	can
can	learn
learn	to
to	live
live	in
in	this
this	way
way	we
we	can
can	find
find	peace
peace	in
in	everyday
everyday	life
life	Empty
Empty	your
your	cup
cup	Nan
Nan	in
in	a
a	Japanese
Japanese	master
master	during
during	the
the	Meiji
Meiji	era
era	received
received	a
a	university
university	professor
professor	who
who	came
came	to
to	inquire
inquire	about
about	Zen
Zen	Nan
Nan	in
in	served
served	tea
tea	He
He	poured
poured	his
his	visitor
visitor	s
s	cup
cup	full
full	and
and	then
then	kept
kept	on
on	pouring
pouring	The
The	professor
professor	watched
watched	the
the	overflow
overflow	until
until	he
he	no
no	longer
longer	could
could	restrain
restrain	himself
himself	It
It	is
is	overfull
overfull	No
No	more
more	will
will	go
go	in
in	Like
Like	this
this	cup
cup	Nan
Nan	in
in	said
said	you
you	are
are	full
full	of
of	your
your	own
own	opinions
opinions	and
and	speculations
speculations	How
How	can
can	I
I	show
show	you
you	Zen
Zen	unless
unless	you
you	first
first	empty
empty	your
your	cup
cup	Explanation
Explanation	The
The	story
story	tells
tells	it
it	how
how	it
it	is
is	so
so	I
I	ll
ll	leave
leave	it
it	at
at	that
that	Non
Non	judgment
judgment	Once
Once	upon
upon	the
the	time
time	there
there	was
was	an
an	old
old	farmer
farmer	who
who	had
had	worked
worked	his
his	crops
crops	for
for	many
many	years
years	One
One	day
day	his
his	horse
horse	ran
ran	away
away	Upon
Upon	hearing
hearing	the
the	news
news	his
his	neighbors
neighbors	came
came	to
to	visit
visit	Such
Such	bad
bad	luck
luck	they
they	said
said	sympathetically
sympathetically	Maybe
Maybe	the
the	farmer
farmer	replied
replied	The
The	next
next	morning
morning	the
the	horse
horse	returned
returned	bringing
bringing	with
with	it
it	three
three	other
other	wild
wild	horses
horses	How
How	wonderful
wonderful	the
the	neighbors
neighbors	exclaimed
exclaimed	Maybe
Maybe	replied
replied	the
the	old
old	man
man	The
The	following
following	day
day	his
his	son
son	tried
tried	to
to	ride
ride	one
one	of
of	the
the	untamed
untamed	horses
horses	was
was	thrown
thrown	and
and	broke
broke	his
his	leg
leg	The
The	neighbors
neighbors	again
again	came
came	to
to	offer
offer	their
their	sympathy
sympathy	on
on	his
his	misfortune
misfortune	Maybe
Maybe	answered
answered	the
the	farmer
farmer	The
The	day
day	after
after	military
military	officials
officials	came
came	to
to	the
the	village
village	to
to	draft
draft	young
young	men
men	into
into	the
the	army
army	Seeing
Seeing	that
that	the
the	son
son	s
s	leg
leg	was
was	broken
broken	they
they	passed
passed	him
him	by
by	The
The	neighbors
neighbors	congratulated
congratulated	the
the	farmer
farmer	on
on	how
how	well
well	things
things	had
had	turned
turned	out
out	Maybe
Maybe	said
said	the
the	farmer
farmer	Explanation
Explanation	The
The	farmer
farmer	is
is	practicing
practicing	non
non	judgment
judgment	He
He	understands
understands	the
the	true
true	nature
nature	of
of	life
life	that
that	you
you	can
can	t
t	judge
judge	any
any	event
event	as
as	an
an	end
end	in
in	a
a	way
way	Our
Our	life
life	doesn
doesn	t
t	play
play	out
out	like
like	a
a	work
work	of
of	fiction
fiction	There
There	aren
aren	t
t	definite
definite	breaks
breaks	that
that	separate
separate	one
one	moment
moment	versus
versus	another
another	and
and	there
there	isn
isn	t
t	a
a	perfectly
perfectly	formulated
formulated	end
end	which
which	everything
everything	builds
builds	to
to	There
There	s
s	always
always	tomorrow
tomorrow	And
And	whether
whether	the
the	day
day	was
was	good
good	or
or	bad
bad	there
there	are
are	a
a	million
million	effects
effects	which
which	can
can	arise
arise	from
from	one
one	event
event	Good
Good	and
and	bad
bad	are
are	interconnected
interconnected	They
They	are
are	in
in	fact
fact	two
two	sides
sides	of
of	the
the	same
same	coin
coin	If
If	things
things	seem
seem	perfect
perfect	they
they	aren
aren	t
t	If
If	it
it	seems
seems	like
like	it
it	s
s	Armageddon
Armageddon	in
in	your
your	corner
corner	of
of	the
the	world
world	it
it	s
s	not
not	Things
Things	can
can	change
change	in
in	an
an	instant
instant	at
at	all
all	times
times	And
And	they
they	will
will	at
at	some
some	point
point	or
or	another
another	This
This	doesn
doesn	t
t	mean
mean	that
that	we
we	can
can	t
t	be
be	happy
happy	On
On	the
the	contrary
contrary	it
it	means
means	that
that	we
we	need
need	to
to	realize
realize	this
this	truth
truth	and
and	live
live	in
in	a
a	way
way	that
that	we
we	re
re	constantly
constantly	aware
aware	of
of	it
it	in
in	order
order	to
to	find
find	peace
peace	and
and	happiness
happiness	Don
Don	t
t	let
let	this
this	change
change	the
the	way
way	you
you	live
live	too
too	much
much	just
just	yet
yet	though
though	For
For	now
now	just
just	think
think	on
on	it
it	observe
observe	your
your	life
life	through
through	the
the	lens
lens	of
of	this
this	infinitely
infinitely	co
co	arising
arising	universe
universe	This
This	act
act	in
in	itself
itself	can
can	bring
bring	you
you	a
a	great
great	sense
sense	of
of	peace
peace	Right
Right	and
and	Wrong
Wrong	When
When	Bankei
Bankei	held
held	his
his	seclusion
seclusion	weeks
weeks	of
of	meditation
meditation	pupils
pupils	from
from	many
many	parts
parts	of
of	Japan
Japan	came
came	to
to	attend
attend	During
During	one
one	of
of	these
these	gatherings
gatherings	a
a	pupil
pupil	was
was	caught
caught	stealing
stealing	The
The	matter
matter	was
was	reported
reported	to
to	Bankei
Bankei	with
with	the
the	request
request	that
that	the
the	culprit
culprit	be
be	expelled
expelled	Bankei
Bankei	ignored
ignored	the
the	case
case	Later
Later	the
the	pupil
pupil	was
was	caught
caught	in
in	a
a	similar
similar	act
act	and
and	again
again	Bankei
Bankei	disregarded
disregarded	the
the	matter
matter	This
This	angered
angered	the
the	other
other	pupils
pupils	who
who	drew
drew	up
up	a
a	petition
petition	asking
asking	for
for	the
the	dismissal
dismissal	of
of	the
the	thief
thief	stating
stating	that
that	otherwise
otherwise	they
they	would
would	leave
leave	in
in	a
a	body
body	When
When	Bankei
Bankei	had
had	read
read	the
the	petition
petition	he
he	called
called	everyone
everyone	before
before	him
him	You
You	are
are	wise
wise	brothers
brothers	he
he	told
told	them
them	You
You	know
know	what
what	is
is	right
right	and
and	what
what	is
is	not
not	right
right	You
You	may
may	go
go	somewhere
somewhere	else
else	to
to	study
study	if
if	you
you	wish
wish	but
but	this
this	poor
poor	brother
brother	does
does	not
not	even
even	know
know	right
right	from
from	wrong
wrong	Who
Who	will
will	teach
teach	him
him	if
if	I
I	do
do	not
not	I
I	am
am	going
going	to
to	keep
keep	him
him	here
here	even
even	if
if	all
all	the
the	rest
rest	of
of	you
you	leave
leave	A
A	torrent
torrent	of
of	tears
tears	cleansed
cleansed	the
the	face
face	of
of	the
the	brother
brother	who
who	had
had	stolen
stolen	All
All	desire
desire	to
to	steal
steal	had
had	vanished
vanished	Explanation
Explanation	This
This	story
story	is
is	pretty
pretty	straightforward
straightforward	but
but	it
it	certainly
certainly	doesn
doesn	t
t	make
make	you
you	think
think	any
any	less
less	than
than	the
the	rest
rest	How
How	quickly
quickly	would
would	most
most	people
people	turn
turn	their
their	back
back	on
on	those
those	who
who	commit
commit	a
a	crime
crime	like
like	stealing
stealing	just
just	as
as	the
the	pupils
pupils	did
did	But
But	look
look	deeper
deeper	and
and	you
you	might
might	just
just	see
see	another
another	human
human	being
being	Someone
Someone	that
that	simply
simply	needs
needs	to
to	be
be	shown
shown	the
the	path
path	Don
Don	t
t	write
write	people
people	off
off	so
so	easily
easily	Expressing
Expressing	compassion
compassion	isn
isn	t
t	always
always	easy
easy	but
but	we
we	re
re	all
all	together
together	in
in	this
this	life
life	so
so	we
we	can
can	t
t	just
just	help
help	those
those	that
that	keep
keep	good
good	behavior
behavior	Those
Those	people
people	who
who	commit
commit	such
such	crimes
crimes	are
are	often
often	some
some	of
of	the
the	people
people	that
that	need
need	help
help	with
with	the
the	most
most	basic
basic	spiritual
spiritual	and
and	human
human	principles
principles	such
such	as
as	right
right	and
and	wrong
wrong	If
If	you
you	have
have	a
a	loved
loved	one
one	who
who	s
s	committed
committed	a
a	crime
crime	before
before	you
you	ll
ll	know
know	exactly
exactly	what
what	I
I	mean
mean	You
You	know
know	they
they	can
can	be
be	better
better	and
and	they
they	shouldn
shouldn	t
t	be
be	thrown
thrown	out
out	just
just	because
because	they
they	did
did	something
something	wrong
wrong	at
at	some
some	point
point	Sure
Sure	we
we	need
need	to
to	keep
keep	order
order	so
so	they
they	should
should	be
be	disciplined
disciplined	for
for	their
their	behavior
behavior	but
but	we
we	also
also	need
need	to
to	take
take	the
the	time
time	to
to	teach
teach	them
them	right
right	and
and	wrong
wrong	We
We	should
should	strive
strive	to
to	lift
lift	them
them	up
up	just
just	as
as	we
we	strive
strive	to
to	lift
lift	ourselves
ourselves	and
and	those
those	we
we	love
love	up
up	despite
despite	their
their	own
own	flaws
flaws	Be
Be	the
the	boss
boss	A
A	horse
horse	suddenly
suddenly	came
came	galloping
galloping	quickly
quickly	down
down	the
the	road
road	It
It	seemed
seemed	as
as	though
though	the
the	man
man	had
had	somewhere
somewhere	important
important	to
to	go
go	Another
Another	man
man	who
who	was
was	standing
standing	alongside
alongside	the
the	road
road	shouted
shouted	Where
Where	are
are	you
you	going
going	and
and	the
the	man
man	on
on	the
the	horse
horse	replied
replied	I
I	don
don	t
t	know
know	Ask
Ask	the
the	horse
horse	Explanation
Explanation	This
This	is
is	a
a	short
short	but
but	well
well	known
known	Zen
Zen	story
story	with
with	a
a	powerful
powerful	meaning
meaning	behind
behind	it
it	The
The	horse
horse	symbolizes
symbolizes	our
our	habit
habit	energy
energy	The
The	story
story	explains
explains	the
the	way
way	we
we	usually
usually	live
live	at
at	the
the	mercy
mercy	of
of	our
our	old
old	habit
habit	energies
energies	which
which	have
have	been
been	established
established	not
not	by
by	our
our	intentional
intentional	actions
actions	but
but	by
by	our
our	surroundings
surroundings	and
and	mindless
mindless	activity
activity	The
The	horse
horse	is
is	pulling
pulling	us
us	along
along	making
making	us
us	run
run	here
here	and
and	there
there	and
and	hurry
hurry	everywhere
everywhere	and
and	we
we	don
don	t
t	even
even	know
know	why
why	If
If	you
you	stopped
stopped	to
to	ask
ask	yourself
yourself	from
from	time
time	to
to	time
time	why
why	exactly
exactly	you
you	re
re	running
running	around
around	so
so	much
much	sometimes
sometimes	you
you	might
might	have
have	an
an	answer
answer	but
but	it
it	s
s	never
never	a
a	very
very	good
good	one
one	You
You	re
re	just
just	used
used	to
to	it
it	it
it	s
s	how
how	we
we	re
re	taught
taught	to
to	live
live	But
But	as
as	much
much	as
as	we
we	run
run	it
it	gets
gets	us
us	nowhere
nowhere	We
We	need
need	to
to	learn
learn	how
how	to
to	take
take	back
back	the
the	reigns
reigns	and
and	let
let	the
the	horse
horse	know
know	who
who	s
s	boss
boss	You
You	re
re	the
the	boss
boss	you
you	ve
ve	always
always	been
been	the
the	boss
boss	so
so	start
start	acting
acting	like
like	it
it	Watch
Watch	yourself
yourself	There
There	was
was	once
once	a
a	pair
pair	of
of	acrobats
acrobats	The
The	teacher
teacher	was
was	a
a	poor
poor	widower
widower	and
and	the
the	student
student	was
was	a
a	young
young	girl
girl	by
by	the
the	name
name	of
of	Meda
Meda	These
These	acrobats
acrobats	performed
performed	each
each	day
day	on
on	the
the	streets
streets	in
in	order
order	to
to	earn
earn	enough
enough	to
to	eat
eat	Their
Their	act
act	consisted
consisted	of
of	the
the	teacher
teacher	balancing
balancing	a
a	tall
tall	bamboo
bamboo	pole
pole	on
on	his
his	head
head	while
while	the
the	little
little	girl
girl	climbed
climbed	slowly
slowly	to
to	the
the	top
top	Once
Once	to
to	the
the	top
top	she
she	remained
remained	there
there	while
while	the
the	teacher
teacher	walked
walked	along
along	the
the	ground
ground	Both
Both	performers
performers	had
had	to
to	maintain
maintain	complete
complete	focus
focus	and
and	balance
balance	in
in	order
order	to
to	prevent
prevent	any
any	injury
injury	from
from	occurring
occurring	and
and	to
to	complete
complete	the
the	performance
performance	One
One	day
day	the
the	teacher
teacher	said
said	to
to	the
the	pupil
pupil	Listen
Listen	Meda
Meda	I
I	will
will	watch
watch	you
you	and
and	you
you	watch
watch	me
me	so
so	that
that	we
we	can
can	help
help	each
each	other
other	maintain
maintain	concentration
concentration	and
and	balance
balance	and
and	prevent
prevent	an
an	accident
accident	Then
Then	we
we	ll
ll	surely
surely	earn
earn	enough
enough	to
to	eat
eat	But
But	the
the	little
little	girl
girl	was
was	wise
wise	she
she	answered
answered	Dear
Dear	master
master	I
I	think
think	it
it	would
would	be
be	better
better	for
for	each
each	of
of	us
us	to
to	watch
watch	ourself
ourself	To
To	look
look	after
after	oneself
oneself	means
means	to
to	look
look	after
after	both
both	of
of	us
us	That
That	way
way	I
I	am
am	sure
sure	we
we	will
will	avoid
avoid	any
any	accidents
accidents	and
and	earn
earn	enough
enough	to
to	eat
eat	Explanation
Explanation	This
This	one
one	isn
isn	t
t	a
a	specifically
specifically	Zen
Zen	story
story	but
but	it
it	s
s	said
said	to
to	have
have	been
been	told
told	by
by	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	himself
himself	This
This	story
story	is
is	meant
meant	to
to	illustrate
illustrate	that
that	taking
taking	care
care	of
of	yourself
yourself	is
is	the
the	most
most	important
important	thing
thing	you
you	can
can	do
do	to
to	take
take	care
care	of
of	others
others	By
By	learning
learning	how
how	to
to	nourish
nourish	your
your	mind
mind	and
and	body
body	you
you	ll
ll	naturally
naturally	begin
begin	to
to	treat
treat	those
those	around
around	you
you	with
with	more
more	compassion
compassion	love
love	and
and	kindness
kindness	and
and	create
create	a
a	more
more	positive
positive	impact
impact	on
on	the
the	world
world	around
around	you
you	as
as	a
a	whole
whole	There
There	is
is	no
no	division
division	taking
taking	care
care	of
of	yourself
yourself	in
in	a
a	spiritual
spiritual	sense
sense	not
not	in
in	a
a	material
material	buy
buy	myself
myself	things
things	kind
kind	of
of	sense
sense	equals
equals	taking
taking	care
care	of
of	others
others	Specifically
Specifically	by
by	taking
taking	care
care	of
of	yourself
yourself	the
the	Buddha
Buddha	was
was	referring
referring	to
to	mindfulness
mindfulness	The
The	Buddha
Buddha	also
also	said
said	that
that	by
by	taking
taking	care
care	of
of	others
others	by
by	showing
showing	them
them	compassion
compassion	and
and	loving
loving	kindness
kindness	we
we	take
take	care
care	of
of	ourselves
ourselves	Living
Living	Zen
Zen	Spirit
Spirit	Coming
Coming	Soon
Soon	If
If	you
you	re
re	interested
interested	in
in	learning
learning	how
how	to
to	bring
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