'If he comes I welcome,
If he goes I do not pursue'
- Zen saying
Take a step back
said the guru.
I stood motionless.
Weren’t gurus supposed to
push us further?
Or was a step back
a step further?
'Joshu was asked,
“When a man comes to you with nothing,
what would you say to him? ”
Joshu replied, “Throw it away! ”'
I was nothing and he threw me away
And that was when I took a step forward.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem