Edutainment

5. If You Love, Love Openly



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 to her, she said:

"If you really love me so much, come and embrace me now."