One day a monk was sitting on the side of the road when a samurai approached him.  The samurai asked rudely, "Teach me the secret of Heaven and Hell".

  The monk slowly opened his eyes and with a smile said, "You scum of the earth, you idiot, your sword is rusty and you smell funny, what a strange and ugly unkept face you have".

  With this the samurai's face turned red, his veins bulged.  He drew his sword and bellowed, "Die scum"!

As the samurai began his cut to sever the monks head, the monk spoke, "That is hell!"

  The samurai suddenly was dumbstruck and stopped cutting.  He was shocked to find a monk willing to risk his life to teach him such a lesson.  He lowered his sword and begged for forgiveness.  The monk turned to him and spoke, "And that is heaven".