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Buddhist answers to common questions

Fri, 2009-01-09 02:00 — Robyn

I am not as smart as my friends. This makes me feel inadequate and shy. Can Buddhism help me overcome this problem?

I’ll answer this question with a story. Once a very shy young man approached a Zen master who was famous throughout Japan for being fearless. He wanted to know whether practising Buddhism could help him become strong and powerful like the master. In reply, the old monk shouted, “No, Zen is useless”.

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