Master Boo said, “There is no gap as slight as a hair between it and you, because it is never separate from you. It is like a shadow following you. Do you know what the Buddha is? The one who is speaking aloud now is he.”
Student: “How can I recognise the Buddha when I speak?”
Master: “You can’t speak without depending on him, but he never speaks.”
Commentary:
A king has his words announced by his servants.
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