Bodhidharma was once asked: “What is the difference between the life of a great sage and the everyday life of an ordinary person?”
Bodhidharma replied: “It is like an autumn web. Some people mistake it for steam, but in reality it is a web floating in the air. The average man sees a sage and considers his life to be the same as his own ordinary life, while the enlightened man sees something sacred in the life of the average man."
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru