Buddha
was once threatened with death by a
bandit called Angulimal.
"Then
be good enough to fulfil my dying wish,"
said Buddha. "Cut off the branch
of that tree."
One
slash of the sword, and it was done!
"What now?" asked the bandit.
"Put
it back again," said Buddha.
The
bandit laughed. "You must be
crazy to think that anyone can do
that."
"On
the contrary, it is you who are crazy
to think that you are mighty because
you can wound and destroy. That is
the task of children. The mighty know
how to create and heal."
Zen
Tales
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