Master Hyunsa said, “If you fall in with a person who is blind, deaf and dumb, how would you treat him? If we can’t treat such a person properly, we can’t say that the Buddha’s teaching is divine.” Then, Jijang, one of his students said, “I can see, hear and speak. How would you treat me?” The master burst out laughing.
Student: “Why did the master laugh upon hearing Jijang’s words?”
Master: “I know that you are not blind, not deaf and not dumb.
Commentary:
Only one who is dumb can hear a dumb person’s words just as only birds can hear birds’ words.
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