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buddhist story

A Kick in the Pants

August 11, 2014 by Aaron Graves

David Riley writes on The Endless Further: Here is a well-known Buddhist story. There are a number of slightly different versions, this is mine: A monk named Hung Chou came to visit the Ch’an master Ma Tzu one time and asked him, “Why is it said that in order to become Buddha you must give …

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