1/ When I was a little boy, my father told me a story that deeply impressed me and that I never forgot. Here it is, slightly embellished :
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12/ On the fourth day, a student would come out with a bowl of rice for the master. The student would then ask :
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13/ -"Are you a master?" -"Yes, I am", the master would reply. -"Why then knock on our door?" -"I ask to be permitted in."
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14/ "Have you not realized archery completely?" "I have" the master would reply "What then is left for you to do?" "Become a student again."
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15/ The student would ask for the tuition fee, upon which the master would offer what he got at the market in exchange for his possessions.
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16/ He would then be let inside the monastery, and the story could begin again. FIN
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