| Student | : | Our substance is equal, why still there is life, old age, sickness & death? |
| Zen Master | : | Because you were already born. |
The student nodded and put his palms together with a smile.
Commentary:
When there is life there will be death, when there is coming there will be going. Throughout our life we will experience old age, illness and death, even holy man cannot escape from this, the most important is how do we use our old age, illness and death to attain bodhisattva action.