As Bodhidharma sat in zazen meditation while facing a wall, Hui-k'o, his would-be successor who eventually became the Second Patriarch, stood out in the snow and cut off his arm. He said, "Your disciple's mind is not yet at peace. I beg you, my teacher, please bring peace to my mind." Bodhidharma said, "Bring me your mind, and I will bring peace to it for you."
The successor said, "I have looked for my mind, but it is not graspable." Bodhidharma said, "There, I have brought peace to your mind for you."
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I thought you were a religion major so one day you could give insightful sermons such as those of Tinus the great- my b
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