April 30, 1982

Taisen Deshimaru (November 29, 1914  to April 30, 1982) was a Japanese Buddhist of the Soto Zen path. He achieved some fame in the West also, as he worked to alert more people to the possible purity of a Buddhist path. One reads he chose Paris as his home base in the West because Bergson had been there, and Deshimaru was confident Henri Bergson had been a Buddhist without knowing it.

Here is one of the stories Taisen Deshimaru used. I got it in a machine translated version, There is no doubt it is an authentic story, although I cannot provide a citation at this time. 

"The Samurai and the Three Cats" by Taisen Deshimaru

A samurai was very annoyed by a rat that had taken residence in his room.
Someone said: you need a cat. The samurai first tried one in the neighborhood.
What he found was beautiful, strong, very impressive.
But the mouse proved more cunning and more alive than he, had the game of his strength.
The samurai adopted a second cat, very smart.
Suspicious, the mouse does not showed anymore, except when the cat slept.
Then, led by another cat, samurai to a zen Temple.
Had distracted air, mediocre, banal and drowsy all the time.
The samurai thought: won't be certain why I get rid of the rat!
Now, the cat is always sleepy, quiet, indifferent, not soon inspired more fear the small mouse.
This passed and ripassava near him without doing more attention.
One day, suddenly, with a paw, was trapped.
Seemed so insignificant the cat of the zen monk.

"Suddenly with a paw, was trapped" is a vivid picture; I don't know if it was that bright before the clumsy translation.