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Taken from the May/June 1989 Utne Reader, which took this from
Shawn Gosieski, New Cyclist, Fall 1988.  (and it has come in from
other sources -ed)


	A Zen teacher saw five of his students returning from the market,
riding their bicycles.  When they arrived at the monastary and had dis-
mounted, the teacher asked the students, "Why are you riding your bicycles?"

	The first student replied, "The bicycle is carrying the sack of
potatoes.  I am glad that I do not have to carry them on my back!"  The
teacher praised the first student, "You are a smart boy!  When you grow 
old, you will not walk hunched over like I do."

	The second student replied, "I love to watch the trees and fields 
pass by as I roll down the path!"  The teacher commended the second student,
"Your eyes are open, and you see the world."

	The third student replied, "When I ride my bicycle, I am content
to chant nam myoho renge kyo."  The teacher gave praise to the third stu-
dent, "Your mind will roll with the ease of a newly trued wheel."

	The fourth student replied, "Riding my bicycle, I live in harmony 
with all sentient beings."  The teacher was pleased, and said to the fourth
student, "You are riding on the golden path of non-harming."

	The fifth student replied, "I ride my bicycle to ride my 
bicycle."  The teacher sat at the feet of the fifth student and said, 
"I am your student!"

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