One day, a monk came from the Northern Monastery to the Southern Monastery in search of teaching. The monk did not know what reply to make. If there is but little speech, it is about the Relative or it is about the Absolute. This old monk is not within the Absolute. Finish your worship and leave.
Nothing is gained without seeing.
When you can do nothing. A monk came and lay down beside him. Chao-chao got up and went away. As the roof was leaking, a Zen master told two monks to bring something to catch the water. One brought a tub, the other a basket.