Yen Hui: I am making progress!
Confucius: In what way?
Yen Hui: I have given up doing good and being right.
Confucius: Very good, but that is not quite enough.
(Another day)
Yen Hui: I am making progress!
Confucius: In what way?
Yen Hui: I have given up ceremony and music.
Confucius: Very good, but that is not quite enough.
(Another day)
Yen Hui: I am making progress!
Confucius: In what way?
Yen Hui: I just sit and forget.
Confucius (startled): What do you mean by sitting and forgetting?
Yen Hui: I am not attached to the body and I give up any idea of knowing. By freeing myself from the body and mind, I become one with the infinite. This is what I mean by sitting and forgetting.
Confucius: When there is oneness, there are no preferences. When there is change, there is no constancy. If you have really attained this, then let me become your pupil.
- Chuang Tsu
