When the Chinese emperor Wu came to meet Bodhidharma he asked the Master: What is the holy ultimate truth?
Bodhidharma laughed and replied: Nothing holy, sir, and it is emptiness itself.
Of course Wu was taken aback, but he asked again: Then who is the one who at present stands confronting me?
Bodhidharma simply said: I don't know.
Bodhidharma laughed and replied: Nothing holy, sir, and it is emptiness itself.
Of course Wu was taken aback, but he asked again: Then who is the one who at present stands confronting me?
Bodhidharma simply said: I don't know.
Do you see the beauty of it? And the truth? And the innocence? And the holiness? And the fullness? And the absolute ultimateness?
Meditation is beyond knowledge. You can be it but you cannot know it. All knowledge is superficial. It is never anything else but acquaintance from outside. It is always about but never the thing itself.
