Drop your Nothing!

Posted on March 9, 2009 by anna-jun.
Categories: Uncategorized.

Once , there was a needy man who come to our house to borrow money from my dad.
To his surprise , the poor man behaved in such a prideful manner that was offensive to my dad.
My dad refused to help and asked him to leave.
The night after his visit , I talked to my dad.

My dad said
“At first , I wonder why he is so prideful.
As a man is in need , he should come in humility.
But then I realized , when you have enough quality to be proud of,
you will not need your pride for people to respect you.
as for him, his pride is all he has.”

My dad lent him money.

The zen master said ,”Drop everything!”
the pupil argued ” But master, I have nothing”.
the master replied , “Then drop your nothing!”

5 comments.



  Lele
Comment on March 9th, 2009.

Nice one!
Currently dealing with a “proud” supervisor who tries to shoot me down on every single case.
Your post enlightens me in some way, lol.

PS: landed here from random blogwalking.

Have a nice day! =)

  Anna Liong
Comment on March 9th, 2009.

I found out that when I went out to work , those with great humility and willingness to learn tend to be more successful than those who boast around.
Something like that hahahaaa ^ ^

  Anna Liong
Comment on March 9th, 2009.

thaaanks lele !

  bobby
Comment on March 11th, 2009.

so the man did not have any good qualities?

  Anna Liong
Comment on March 11th, 2009.

“quality to be proud of ”
I think everybody has their own good qualities , but we need opportunity to grow to realize it. In this sense , due to financial limitation , the man did not have enough opportunity to grow.

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