Price you have to pay

元天竜派管長関牧翁筆　・ 祖師像

We met him at a Buddhist Temple of the Rinzai tenryū sect
located in Kita Ward, Kyoto, Japan.
It's my judgment that he told me,

我慢すれば、楽になる。

Of sufferance, comes ease.

忍耐ほどの救済はない。

No remedy but patience.

等持院　/ Tōji-in
禅寺 /　Zen
The temple sits back and has a wonderful garden.

夢窓疎石 作庭

Near to the "Lotus Pond" there stands an exquisite tea-arbor known as "Seiren-tei"

this important tea ceremony room was planned and erected by the eighth shogun
Yoshimasa who was reputed as a man of culture in those days.

清漣亭

達磨図　/ Daruma 　
河鍋暁斎 / Kawanabe Kyōsai

I deny myself best pleasure in life.
It's an angelic patience.

I'm intolerant of your bad manner.
The submitting to one wrong brings on another.
I can't endure any more !!

What you said is absolutely true.
These days, I have a lot of stress.
I should go to a Zen temple and meditate so that I can relax.