A Certain Monk Had A Habit Of Pestering The Grand Tortue (the Only One Who Had Ever Reached The Enlightenment 'Yond Enlightenment), By Asking Whether Various Objects Had Buddha-nature Or Not.

There is nothing which cannot be answered by means of my doctrine," said a monk, coming into a teahouse where Nasrudin sat.
"And yet just a short time ago, I was challenged by a scholar with an unanswerable question," said Nasrudin....
There is nothing which cannot be answered by means of my doctrine," said a monk, coming into a teahouse where Nasrudin sat.
And yet just a short time ago, I was challenged by a scholar with an unanswerable question," said Nasrudin....
One day it was announced that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state.
Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him....
One day it was announced by master Joshu that the young monk Kyogen had reached an enlightened state.
Much impressed by this news, several of his peers went to speak with him....
The Buddhist monk leant over the parchment, still. After &l
--> what seemed like an eternity of waiting....
Once there was this conductor see, who had a bass problem.
You see, during a portion of Beethovan's Ninth Symphony in which there are no bass violin parts, one of the bassists always passed a bottle of scotch around....
A novice of the temple once approached the Chief Priest with a question.
"Master, does Emacs have the Buddha nature?" the novice asked....