A monk asked Pa-ling,
"What do the words 'secret transmission in the east and in the west' mean?"
"Are you quoting those words from the poem of the third patriarch?", Pa-ling inquired.
"No", answered the monk, "those are the words of the master Shih-t'ou".
"It is my mistake", Pa-ling apologized. "I am such a dotard".
(from The Iron Flute)
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