-- The Thief and the Zen master --

One evening, Zen Master Shichiri Kojun was reciting sutras when a thief entered his house with a sharp sword, demanding "money or life". Without any fear, Shichiri said, "Don't disturb me! Help yourself with the money, it's in that drawer". And he resumed his recitation. 
The thief was startled by this unexpected reaction, but he proceeded with his business anyway. While he was helping himself with the money, the master stopped and called, "Don't take all of it. Leave some for me to pay my taxes tomorrow". The thief left some money behind and prepared to leave. Just before he left, the master suddenly shouted at him, "You took my money and you didn't even thank me?! That's not polite!" This time, the thief was really shocked at such fearlessness. He thanked the master and ran away. The thief later told his friends that he had never been so frightened in his life. 
A few days later, the thief was caught and confessed, among many others, his theft at Shichiri's house. When the master was called as a witness, he said, "No, this man did not steal anything from me. I gave him the money. He even thanked me for it." 
The thief was so touched that he decided to repent. Upon his release from prison, he became a disciple of the master and many years later, he attained Enlightenment.

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An enlightened person can never condemn you. He knows that all these sins are superficial. Deep down you are the same consciousness as he is.
But religions have done the reverse. They have condemned you a lot. They say pray to God and your prayers will be heard to. When your prayers get fulfilled, they say: See what I said? And when it doesn't get heard, they say you are a sinner. Unless you are pure and perfect, your prayers will not be heard. Now how a man can be perfect? So you start feeling guilty. You start feeling imperfect; you start feeling sinful. And then the priest says, come to me, I will show you the path of purity. Follow my religion. This is the whole trick of the religions! To make you feel guilty, to make you feel sinner and then entangle you in their trap!
No! Zen says, everyone has their own nature. At most it may not be in tune with your nature. There's nothing wrong in keeping distance from those whose nature do not resonates with you, but don't judge them; don't condemn them.