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第14章

What Is One Plus Two?

One day Seung Sahn Soen-sa asked his students, "What is one plus two?"

One student answered, "Three."

Soen-sa said, "Wrong. One plus two is zero."

"Why? If you add one apple to two apples, you have three apples."

"If I eat one apple and two apples, then there are no apples."

"That's not right."

"You say one plus two equals three. I say one plus two equals zero. Who is right?"

The student couldn't answer.

Soen-sa hit him and said, "The lion claws people; the dog runs after the bone."

The next day, Soen-sa again asked his students, "What is one plus two?"

One student shouted "KATZ!!!"

"Is this the truth?"

"No."

"Then what is the truth?"

"One plus two equals three."

Soen-sa said, "I thought you were a blind dog, but now I see you are a keen-eyed lion."

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