Bodhidharma, nothing sacred...

in #bodhidharma6 years ago

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Emperor Wu :
"What then is the sacred teaching?"

Bodhidharma:
"Vast emptiness. Nothing sacred."

Emperor Wu,
(by now bewildered, and not a little indignant):
"Who Then, stands before me?"

Bodhidharma:
"Not know. No one here..."