The great Zen teacher, who was one of the first to bring Zen from China to Japan, in the 13th century, was asked at the end of a public ceremony: ‘Now you have come from China to Japan, how does your teaching differ?’
Bukko replied: ‘It does not. It is all the same. It is the same teaching.’
And the questioner said: ‘But you do, in fact, teach differently here. For instance, you teach through an interpreter.’
The Master replied: ‘Well, I suppose we can say there is some difference between mist and rain.’
© 1998 Trevor Leggett
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