When you want that Zen but you can't handle Zhaozhou

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Master Zhaozhou let's asses cross but gives them nothing.

A monk asked, “To a superior man, make one action and he moves on. What about when an inferior man comes?”
The master said, “Are you superior or inferior?”
The monk said, “Please answer.”
The master said, “In speaking you are not yet the master.”
The monk said, “I have come seven thousand miles, don’t play mind games with me.”
The master said, “I have received this question from you so how can mind games not be played?”
The monk stayed one night and left.

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I love this story. Just imagining that triggered monk leaving in search of a teacher that would give him something less is hilarious. Full on Emperor Wu syndrome.

Submitted January 04, 2020 at 01:36PM by madewithsticks https://ift.tt/37DCW1p