The emperor Goyozei was studying Zen under Gudo. He inquired, "In Zen this very mind is Buddha. Is this correct?"
Gudo answered, "If I say yes, you will think that you understand without understanding. If I say no, I would be contradicting a fact which many understand quite well."
On another day the emperor asked Gudo,"Where does the enlightened man go when he dies?"
Gudo answered, "I know not."
"Why don't you know?", asked the emperor.
"Because I have not died yet," replied Gudo.
The emperor hesitated to inquire further about those things his mind could not grasp. So Gudo beat the floor with his hand as if to awaken him, and the emperor was enlightened!
source: Stories from Here and There, Ekalavya Education Foundation - By: Sunil Handa - http://www.eklavya.org/storyhere.html
On another day the emperor asked Gudo,"Where does the enlightened man go when he dies?"
Gudo answered, "I know not."
"Why don't you know?", asked the emperor.
"Because I have not died yet," replied Gudo.
The emperor hesitated to inquire further about those things his mind could not grasp. So Gudo beat the floor with his hand as if to awaken him, and the emperor was enlightened!
source: Stories from Here and There, Ekalavya Education Foundation - By: Sunil Handa - http://www.eklavya.org/storyhere.html
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