There's one story about a monk who was begging and a woman who yelled at him, "You lazy monk, go do some work!" and poured a big bucket of water over his head. The monk got upset and angry. When he returned to the monastery, his teacher reminded him that in takahatsu everything, good or bad, should be accepted with equanimity. The monk, said the teacher, should have accepted the woman's anger as an offering.
— Bernard Glassman, Rick Fields, Instructions to the Cook