There is a monk who likes to carve Buddha statues very much. He carved many Buddha statues, but he was suffering from lack of professional guidance. The Buddha statues he carved were always not perfect enough. Later, he heard that a Zen master was very knowledgeable about this ar

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There is a monk who likes to carve Buddha statues very much. He carved many Buddha statues, but he was suffering from lack of professional guidance. The Buddha statues he carved were always not perfect enough. Later, he heard that a Zen master was very knowledgeable about this area, so he made a special trip to visit the Zen master.

After hearing the monk's words, Zen Master asked him to come to the Dharma Hall every morning after dinner. So the monk lived in the Zen master.

When you arrive at the Dharma Hall after breakfast every day, the Zen master put a stone in his hand and told him: There is jade in this stone, but it is actually a gem. Then he asked him to touch him hard, and then chatted with him from all over the world. After chatting for an hour, the Zen master took back the gem and asked the monk to continue to go back to the meditation hall to work hard.

Days have passed day by day, and three months have passed unknowingly. The Zen master has never talked about the technology of carving, nor about the knowledge of carving, nor even why he has to put a gem in his hand.

This monk was a little impatient, but he didn't dare to ask the Zen master, so he could only mutter a few words in private.

On this day, the Zen master still took a gem and put it in his hand as usual, ready to chat. As soon as the monk took the gem, he felt something was wrong and immediately blurted out: "Teacher, what you gave me today is not a gem." The Zen Master

asked with a smile: "What is that?" The monk

didn't look at it, and said: "That's just an ordinary stone." The monk

nodded and smiled happily, "By the way, carving is a skill that requires the ability to understand the mind and hands. Now your first lesson has passed. The monk

suddenly realized and understood the good intentions of the Zen Master.

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