-- Why? --

A monk saw a turtle in the garden of Daizui's monastery and asked the teacher, "All beings cover their bones with flesh and skin. Why does this being cover its flesh and skin with bones?" Master Daizui took off one of his sandals and covered the turtle with it.

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A meditator sees what is and enjoys it! You cannot ask nature that why gravitation pulls downwards? Why doesn't it throw upwards? Remember! Zen comes from the root Dhyana. Hence all these Zen Stories are related to what happens to a meditator. If you are not meditating and just reading these Zen Stories then you are just wasting your time!