Master Suldoo said, “A guest came to see me from far away and gave me a bead with a one-inch diameter, which has four words in the centre of it. There is no one who can read them.”
Student: “What words are there in the bead?”
Master: “Everything is an illusion.”
Student: “So easy. Why can’t people read such easy words?”
Master: “What did you hear me read?”
Student: “Everything is an illusion.”
Master: “You misheard. I didn’t read it that way.”
Student: “What did you read?”
Master: “I read, ‘You should listen carefully’.”
Commentary:
What is the difference between ‘Everything is an illusion’ and ‘You should listen carefully’?
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