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One evening as Shichiri Kojun was reciting sutras a thief with a sharp sword entereddemanding either money or his life.
Shichiri told him: "Do not disturb me. You can find the money in that drawer." Then he resumed his recitation.
A little while afterwards he stopped and called: "Don't take it all. I need some to pay taxes with tomorrow."
The intruder gathered up most of the money and started to leave. "Thank a person when you receive a gift Shichiri added. The man thanked him and made off.
A few days afterwards the fellow was caught and confessed, among others, the offence against Shichiri. When Shichiri was called as a witness he said: This man is no thiefat least as far as I am concerned. I gave him money and he thanked me for it."
After he had finished his prison termthe man went to Shichiri and became his disciple.
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