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There was a Zen master who lived in Japan some hundreds of years ago. He was well respected for his wisdom and people often came to him for advice. In the same village lived a family with a teenage daughter who unexpectedly became pregnant. This was a time and culture where unplanned teen pregnancies were less than welcome, and the girl’s family was furious. They demanded to know who the father was. Being pressured by her family, the girl told them that the father was the Zen master. The girl’s family went to the Zen master’s house and told him their daughter had identified him as the father. The Zen master only replied, “Is that so?”. The rumor spread across the land and the Zen master’s reputation was ruined. People stopped coming to him for advice. In due time, the child was born and the girl’s family brought it to the Zen master’s house, saying: “You take care of this child, since it is yours”. The master again replied, “Is that so?”. They left the child with him and he took care of it as if it were his own. One day about a year later, the girl’s family came back. The girl had finally confessed that the real father was a teenage boy from the village, and they had come to take their baby back home with them. The Zen master again replied “Is that so?” and watched them leave with the child that had been his for a year.

Because of the wisdom contained in it, this story has survived in oral tradition for a long time. It doesn’t seem like any of the misfortunes befalling the Zen master has much of an effect on him. That doesn’t mean he didn’t enjoy his reputation or his time with the child as much as anyone else would have, only that he did not cause himself undue suffering by mentally agonizing over what he lost.

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