Weekly Short-Short Note | Transforming Porcelain

It was about three months ago that the living Buddha, Shishimura Shonin, was launched into space with a small launcher.
In his days, the Shonin had always wished to become a living Buddha. We, his disciples, kept pleading to receive the teachings of the living Shonin. But the Shonin would only stare at the stone lantern in the garden. In vain, our wishes went unheard; the cave the Shonin had hollowed out with a chipped stone tool was completed, and a Nitori blind was lowered over it.
Once the blind was lowered, no one could raise it. All we could do was adjust the angle of the slats to peek at the Shonin.
On the evening the blind was lowered, the Shonin complained of thirst. I believe he also said he was a little hungry. But we could not raise the blind.
After that, for about a month, the Shonin complained incessantly of thirst, hunger, heat, cold, and wanting to look at his smartphone, before finally becoming a living Buddha.
I never thought it was unsightly. I understood that he was showing us the true form of a human being as a lesson.

The Shonin's body, drifting through space, began to emit a strong magnetic field. In other words, the Shonin had become what is known as 'transforming porcelain'.
Because it interferes with space communications, we are scheduled to head out to dispose of it next month.

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