90: Is That So? - The Zen Master Who Said Three Words to Everything

Hakuin was one of the most respected Zen masters in eighteenth century Japan.One day the parents of a village girl came to him in a rage.Their daughter was pregnant.She had named Hakuin as the father.They called him a dirty old man. Said his reputation was a lie. Said his whole life was a fraud.Hakuin listened to everything.Then said three words. - "Is that so?"When the baby was born they brought it to him and left it there.He had lost his reputation, his followers, everything.He went door to door begging milk for the child.New story every day.Follow so you never miss one.