Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.

Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please take my clothes as a gift.”

The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.

Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”

Photo by Maureen Mills.

1. fucktheheartachess reblogged this from feathered-dream-catcher
2. relovas reblogged this from wild-frolics
3. my-realityisyourfantasy liked this
4. loltumblrsucks liked this
5. marilynsdead liked this
6. marilynsdead reblogged this from feathered-dream-catcher
7. feathered-dream-catcher reblogged this from wild-frolics and added:

   i want this so bad

8. wild-frolics reblogged this from thefishhavedrowned
9. kissmycocaine liked this
10. someofthefinerthings reblogged this from abitchnamedkarma
11. thefishhavedrowned reblogged this from forestkids and added:

    i want this so bad

12. naive-and-innocent reblogged this from nothingelsefills
13. jl0ccsta reblogged this from xoxorachany
14. sb-dihnai reblogged this from anceenays
15. saiilhatin reblogged this from mattyargyelan
16. nastymemories reblogged this from daaaanny
17. w00-w00 reblogged this from daaaanny
18. beforemid-night reblogged this from daaaanny
19. daaaanny reblogged this from letfreedombeat
20. avelibre liked this
21. someday-oneday reblogged this from ar-queeurespiro
22. um-em-mil reblogged this from letfreedombeat
23. ar-queeurespiro reblogged this from mangarosa420
24. lixooeluxoo liked this
25. mangarosa420 reblogged this from letfreedombeat
26. 6crazy liked this
27. refugio-da-mente reblogged this from letfreedombeat
28. letfreedombeat reblogged this from princesa-nativa
29. saradanielaa reblogged this from wildspirit-freesoul
30. moonshinekisses liked this
31. colorsinthecrowd reblogged this from imsogone
32. siarahjuliet reblogged this from imsogone
33. amillionhiddenmeanings reblogged this from imsogone
34. imsogone reblogged this from visions-of-a-dope-mind
35. wildspirit-freesoul reblogged this from forestkids
36. biscuitkink reblogged this from forestkids
37. peace-and-wanderlust reblogged this from forestkids
38. asmokersbestfriend liked this
39. forestkids reblogged this from andreiafcp
40. chelsex reblogged this from sun--dazed
41. alpacaflower liked this
42. willaferd reblogged this from cpitaphotography
43. x0piff liked this
44. aptris liked this
45. fukcyurshit reblogged this from sonyrin
46. vickymegatron reblogged this from thatsreallyraw
47. shelby-niggs reblogged this from mattyargyelan
48. daridanky liked this
49. shelby-niggs liked this
50. mattyargyelan reblogged this from makaelala
51. Show more notesLoading...