Twenty monks and one nun, who was named Eshun, were practicing meditation with a certain Zen master.
Eshun was very pretty even though her head was shaved and her dress plain. Several monks secretly fell in love with her. One of them wrote her a love letter, insisting upon a private meeting.
Eshun did not reply. The following day the master gave a lecture to the group, and when it was over, Eshun arose. Addressing the one who had written her, she said: "If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."
My Thoughts: Zen is a meditation. Practicing your mind to get rid of external thoughts. You need to focus on your inside. LOVE, similar to anger, happiness, etc. is just a feeling which comes out of a chemical reactions in body. Ofcourse this reaction is initiated by our thoughts towards the externals. Zen is practicing your mind....its not so easy to control it...it takes long time. Eshun, by asking the monk to embrace her was not to proove his love for her but to remind him that he need to overcome the external thoughts.
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