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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AtulaSiriwardane" data-source="post: 3861855" data-attributes="member: 120286">It happened that a Christian came to a Zen monk. He brought the Bible with him and he told themonk, ”I would like to read a few sentences from Jesus.” And the man to whom he had come washimself a living master.The master laughed and he said, ”Okay.”So he read a few sentences from the Sermon on the Mount. After just two or three sentences,the master said, ”Okay, the man who said these words was an enlightened one.” The man was veryhappy because Christ had been recognized, and he wanted to read more. He again started reading.The master said, ”Yes, very good. Whosoever said these words was an enlightened one.”The Christian thanked the master and went back, completely happy that Jesus had been recognizedby a Buddhist – completely missing, because this man was a Christ himself. And the master had triedtwice, thrice: twice, thrice he had said, ”Okay!” He was saying, ”Keep your book closed. Enough! Ihave tasted. I say, yes, this man was an enlightened one.”If this man had really been interested in truth, hearing this he would have looked at the master,because he would have wanted to know: ”Who is saying that the man who uttered these words wasan enlightened one?” He would have thrown the book. ”Why be worried about the dead? Look atthis man!” But he went with his book. He must have gone to fellow Christians and he must havesaid, ”Jesus was really an enlightened one. I went to a Buddhist... it is very difficult for a Buddhist torecognize Jesus. This man is very great, he recognized him.”You seek recognition for the dead from the living one. Remember this, because you may be doingthe same.</blockquote>

Verification: Hata thunen beduwama keeyada? (60 bedeema thuna)

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