“A Buddhist nun visits a large city for the first time on a shopping expedition. Soon after, other nuns notice her behaving strangely. She feels snakes are crawling all over her body. A Zen Buddhist psychiatrist sees her eventually for five minutes. She tells him about the snakes. He says ‘I shall come back in a week. Please do two things. First say nothing of this to anyone. Secondly observe the snakes carefully so you can give me a detailed description.’ When he returns, she has resumed her duties. She says ‘When I concentrated completely on the snakes, they disappeared.’”1
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