Was told this story by my prof in the second year of my philosophy degree - wanted to know what you chaps thought of it.
There once was a buddhist master, who had achieved enlightenment. He had a number of pupils, who came to him for instruction and whenever they asked him, 'master, what is the secret of enlightenment' he said nothing and simply raised his index finger.
This perplexed the students but, one day, a student thought he had the answer. When he asked, 'master, what is the secret of enlightenment' once again, the master said nothing, but raised his index finger.
The student similarly said nothing, but also raised his index finger... whereupon the master drew his sword, and cut the student's index finger clean away from his hand.
The student ran from the room, screaming and clutching his finger. But at that moment, he achieved enlightenment. |
kinda like oreo cookies and the generic kind.. 