One day someone went to a famous Zen master and told him that he had been suffering from physical Illness ,stomachache and legs' pain and every time he tried to meditate he just became confused to a degree that he always lost his concentration after 10 minuets .Then the master said it will work.So the patient did not believe that but he just went and kept meditating .
He came after that to the master and told him that he had a Little improvement and the master just said it will work.
Finally he came again but at that time he said I felt better I was really in good mood .So he finally manged to meditate and then the master said it will work
In my opinion the message of this story is:
The only one who can help you is you because the master did not do any thing ,he just inspired the man giving him some trust.
the other thing is that anyone should not give up at the first drop but just keep working hard and believe in himself. No one Knows the meaning of success unless he knows the meaning of failure.
Regarding the way of teaching It is good but not perfect because some people may give up as soon as they defeated and they lose the trust in themselves and in their teachers.So if he just gave him a bit longer explanation it would be better and it would bring some peace to his soul.
I think the students will feel excited afterhearing this story.
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