Learning right and wrong

Bankei Yotaku (1622-1693) is one of the most important Japanese Zen Buddhist masters. Bankei preached to large audiences composed of ordinary country people as well as students of Buddhism. His language was simple and direct and people were impressed by his sincerity.

Watch the video and listen to the story about Bankei and fill the gaps in the transcript below with the following words.

gatherings / expel / renowned / vanished / reported / differentiate / torrent

Pupils from many parts of Japan, came to Bankei, a (1)_______ Zen Master, to learn Zen. During one of these (2)_______, a pupil was caught stealing from other pupils' belongings. The matter was (3)_______ to the Master, but Bankei did not utter a single word!

A few days later, the pupil was caught stealing again. Angry pupils gathered around the master and said "Master, we have caught this man stealing from us again. But this time, we want you to (4)_______ him from the temple. If you dont expel him, the rest of students will leave the temple right away!"

Master thought for a moment, and said "All you students can (5)________ between right and wrong. but this young man cannot. You all will find another school if you like. Therefore, this man needs my help more than anybody, I am going to keep him even if the rest of you leave."

A (6)______ of tears cleansed the face of the pupil who had stolen. All desire to steal had (7)______. The others had learnt a valuable lesson.

What do you think is the valuable lesson that the students learnt?

Enter your answers in the sheet below: