December 17^th, 2024

A wandering monk was climbing a mountain alongside a stream, on his way to the Zen monastery at the top, when he noticed a vegetable leaf floating downstream from the direction of the monastery.

He thought, “It is just a single leaf, but any place that would waste it cannot be very good,” and he turned to go back down the mountain.

Just then he saw a lone monk come running down the path, chasing after the floating leaf. Immediately the wandering monk decided to enroll in the monastery at the top of the mountain.