Zen a day - Apr 14

Monday 14 April 2008
Seppo visited Enkan three times, then visited Tosu three times, then visited Tozan nine times, all without result. At last he went to Tokusan and asked, "Is it possible for me, too, to share the Supreme Teachings of the Patriarchs?"
Tokusan struck him with his staff, saying, "What on earth are you talking about?"
The next day, Seppo asked Tokusan for an explanation. Tokusan said, "My religion has no words and sentences; it has nothing to give anybody."
At this, Seppo became enlightened.
- Zen mondo