When Zen Master Bankei set up a camp to teach meditation, many children from all over Japan came to learn from him. During the camp itself, one day a student was caught stealing. Bankei was told this, the rest of the students requested that this student be removed from the camp as punishment for theft.
But Bankei did not pay attention to it and allowed him to study with more children.
This happened again a few days later, the same student was caught stealing again. Once again he was taken in front of Bankei, but this time also he did not punish the student against the expectations of all.
Due to this, the other children became angry and all together wrote a letter to Bankei that if that student is not removed then we will all leave the camp and leave.
Bankei read the letter and immediately asked all the students to gather. . " You are all intelligent. " Bankei began to say, "You know what is right and what is wrong." If you want to go somewhere else, you can go, but this poor person does not even know what is right and what is wrong. If I do not teach it, who else will teach it? Even if you all go away, I will teach it here. "
Hearing this, the stealing student burst into tears. Now the desire to steal from him was gone forever.
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