Zen Master Unborn!

A certain priest told [Zen Master] Bankei, You teach the same thing over and over again. Wouldnt it be a good idea, just for the sake of variety, to tell some of those old and interesting stories illustrative of Buddhist life? Bankei said, I may be an old dunce, and I suppose it might help some if I did tell stories of that kind, but Ive a strong hunch that such preaching poisons the mind.

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