Zen story: Impermanence (video)

Buddha Groove (buddhagroove.com); edited by Dhr. Seven and Ellie Askew, Wisdom Quarterly

The "inn" on the side of the mountain in forbidden Bhutan, Tiger's Nest Monastery

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Zen means meditative absorption.

A revered Zen teacher approached the king’s palace late one night.

The guards did not stop him as he made his way inside to where the king was seated upon his throne.

The king also recognized the man.

“Welcome, sir! What do you want?” the king asked.

“I wish to sleep in this inn tonight,” said the teacher.

Taken aback, the king snorted: “This is no inn! It is my palace!”

The Zen teacher politely questioned the king: “If I may ask, sire, who owned this palace before you?”

“Why, my father, of course! He's dead now.”

“And who, sire, lived here before your father?”

“My grandfather, naturally. He’s dead, too.”

“This building where people stay for some time then go away, did you say that it is not an inn?” Source