One morning Ling-chi was in the temple. Soon a young man came and sat down nearby with his eyes closed in a frozen position. This young man longed to become a disciple and thus thought to impress the Master...
Lin-chi came up and, hitting him on the head with his knuckles, said:
- Get up and leave! There are enough statues in our temple.
The distressed young man turned around on the threshold, and Lin-chi said:
- Be alive! Don't pretend and don't overdo it!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru