8 / HOW TO CROSS THE RIVER? /
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There is a Zen story:
A master and his disciple were on their way from one village to the next. At the border of the villages flowed a shallow stream, which they usually crossed by wading through it. This time, they dicovered that due to heavy rains, the stream had swollen into a small river, too deep to wade across.
The disciple was alarmed, and enquired of the master, “Should we attempt to cross this river, Master?”
Replied the master with a twinkle in his eye, “Certainly you should cross the river, my child. Just remember not to get your feet wet!”
/ This is the true meaning of sannyas. When you can cross the river of sansar, but the sansar can no longer wet you, you have found sannyas. /