A layman asked Master Namjun, “There is a lump of rock in my house. It sometimes sits and sometimes lies. I am going to sculpt Buddha out of it. Will it be possible?” Master Namjun answered, “Possible.” The layman asked again, “Will it be impossible?” Master answered, “Impossible.”
Student: “What did the master mean by ‘possible’ and ‘impossible’?”
Master: “He showed the model of the Buddha that the layman was going to sculpt.”
Commentary:
The longer it takes to sculpt the Buddha the farther you are from sculpting Him.
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