Master Sekikyo, pulling an empty bow, would say, “Take a look at the arrow” whenever students came to him for his teaching.
Student: “Why did Sekikyo tell students to take a look at the arrow while pulling an empty bow?”
Master: “In order to show the arrow.”
Commentary:
The aim of setting up a wind vane is not to show off the wind vane but to show the movement of unseen wind.
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