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."