Friday 26 September 2008

the Zen story (How much longer)


Once upon a time an art student went to visit her teacher she had been worrying about her studies and she needed her teacher's advice the teacher was sitting next to an ant hill while he was watching the insects the student explained her visits she said i am concerned to studying your martial arts system i have been studying it for many years i want to know how long will it take to become an advanced student?

The teacher continued to watch the ants, then he said: "Maybe another ten years".
The student wasn't pleased with this answer. One of her friends had studied with another teacher and reached an advanced level in five years. The student answered "But i want be an advanced student much faster than that. I will study hard. I will practice every day, ten hours a day if i have to. How long will it take then?"

The teacher thought for a moment an then he repllied: "Maybe twenty years."

1 comment:

Steve said...

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