"On the Road"
A monk wants to travel to study. The master asked: "When will we leave?" "Next week. It's a long journey, so I asked someone to buy a few pairs of straw sandals. I will leave after picking up the goods." The master pondered for a while and said, "How about this? I'll ask the believers to donate. Master I don’t know how many people I told, but dozens of believers brought straw sandals that day, filling the corner of the Zen room. The next morning, someone brought an umbrella to the monk and asked, “Why did you give it to me?” umbrella? "Your master said that you were going to travel a long distance and might encounter heavy rain on the way. He asked me if I could give you an umbrella." But that day more than one person came to deliver umbrellas. In the evening, nearly 50 umbrellas were piled in the meditation room. After the evening class, the master walked into the monk's meditation room and said, "Are the straw sandals and umbrellas enough?" " "Enough is enough! The monk pointed to the shoes and umbrellas piled up in the room like a mountain, "There are too many, I can't carry them all."
"How can this be done?" The master said: "The sky is unpredictable. Who can predict how far you will walk and how much rain you will get?" What if my straw sandals wear out or my umbrella is lost? The master then said: "You will definitely encounter many streams. Tomorrow I will ask believers to donate boats. You can take them with you..." The monk now understood the master's intentions. He knelt down and said: "Disciple, let's set off now." , bring nothing! "When doing something, what matters is not whether the external things are complete, but whether you have determination! Once you are determined and set a goal, nothing will be a problem! Please take your heart and hit the road. The goal is far away and the road is under your feet! Every step you take is a little gain! Go with your heart, and all external things will come naturally!