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There was an American man from Seattle who
went to Japan to buy screens.
He went to a monastary where he had
heard there were very special ones and
managed to get an interview with the abbott
who, however, didn’t say a word
during the entire time they were
together. Through an interpreter,
the American made known his desires
but received no comment of any kind
from the abbott. However,
very early the next morning,
he received a telephone call from the abbott
himself who turned out to speak perfect
English and who said that the American
could not only have the screen he wanted
for a certain price, but that,
furthermore, the monastary possessed an
old iron gate that he could also
purchase. The American said,
“But what on earth will I do
with an old iron gate?” “I am sure
you could sell it to a star in
Hollywood,” the abbott replied.
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