The Chuan Teng Lu records a fascinating encounter between Tao Tzin and the sage Fa Yong,
 who was so holy that the birds used to bring him offerings of flowers.
 As the two men were talking, a wild animal roared close by, and Tao Tzin jumped. Fa Yong commented,
 "I see it is still with you," referring, of course, to the instinctive passion, klesa, of fright.
 Shortly afterwards, while he was for a moment unobserved, Tao Tzin wrote the Chinese character
 for Buddha on the rock where Fa Yong was accustomed to sit. When Fa Yong returned to sit down again,
 he saw the sacred name and hesitated to sit. Then Tao Tzin said, "I see it is still with you."
 At this remark, Fa Yong was fully awakened, and the birds never brought any more flowers.
 The following story is told of Hui Zhang, initiating into Zen his great successor, Ma Tzu,
 who died in 788, and was at the time practicing sitting meditation at the monastery of Chuan Fa.
 "Your reverence," asked Huai Jing, "what is the objective of sitting in meditation?"
 The objective, answered Ma Tzu, "is to become a Buddha." Thereupon,
 Huai Zhang picked up a floor tile and began to polish it on a rock.
 "What are you doing, master?" said Ma Tzu. "I am polishing it for a mirror," said Hui Zhang.
 "How could polishing a tile make a mirror?" And Hui Zhang replied, "How could sitting in
 meditation make a Buddha?" Ma Tzu was the first Zen master celebrated for strange words
 and extraordinary behavior, and is described as one who walked like a bull and glared like a tiger.
 He was the first to answer questions about Buddhism by hitting the questioner,
 or by giving a loud shout, "Ho!" Ma Tzu had a notable disciple in Po Chang. To Po Chang is
 attributed the famous definition of Zen, "When hungry, eat; when tired, sleep." He is said to
 have had his satori when Ma Tzu shouted at him and left him deaf for three days, and to have been in
 the habit of pointing out the Zen life to his disciples with the saying, "Don't cling, don't
 seek." For when asked about seeking for the Buddha nature, he answered, "It's much like riding an ox
 in search of the ox." There was another monk whose name was Gu Te. And whenever people came to ask
 him questions about Buddhism, he would hold up a finger. That was the only answer he'd give.
 Well, he had an attendant, and one day somebody came to the temple to inquire about the teaching
 being given there, and the master was apparently out, and his attendant was there. So
 the investigator said, "What is your teaching here?" and the attendant held up a finger.
 Went away, but actually the master had been there. He was peeking from behind the screen.
 And so he came out to this boy and said, "What's the fundamental teaching of Buddhism?" and the
 boy held up a finger. Instantly the master drew a knife and cut it off, and the boy
 was very dismayed and went rushed away yelling. So the master said, "Hey, come back!"
 And so he came back. He said, "What's the fundamental principle of Buddhism?"
 And he went to hold up the finger, and it wasn't there. And he was enlightened.


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