Emperor asks a question

Emperor Bu of Ryo asked Great Master Bodhidharma,
"What is the highest meaning of the holy reality?"
Bodhidharma replied,
"Vast and void, no holiness."
The emperor said,
"Who are you in front of me?"
Bodhidharma said,
"I don't know."
The emperor did not match him.

Finally, Bodhidharma crossed the Yangtse River and came to the Shorin Temple. There he sat for nine years, facing the wall.

The Emperor asks the question to the Great Master Bodhidharma.

He asks "Is this it?"

Bodhidharma replies, "No"

The emperor asks, 'Who am I?"

Bodhidharma says, "No one knows."

How could the emperor accept this answer?

Bodhidharma has nothing to give.

Submitted January 02, 2019 at 05:20AM by seigando http://bit.ly/2EYQOrI