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Q156. Student: “What are you when your body is not you?”

A. Master: “A rat.”

Student: “Why do you say that you are a rat?”

Master: “Because of karma.”

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Commentary:

Look and listen carefully.

It is not a rat but your eyes and ears that matter.

 

©Boo Ahm

All writing ©Boo Ahm. All images ©Simon Hathaway

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