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“I went over to an old cook in the doorway of the kitchen and asked him “Why did Bodhidharma come from the West?” (Bodhidharma was the Indian who brought Buddhism eastward to China.) 'I don’t care,' said the old cook, with lidded eyes, and I told Japhy and he said, 'Perfect answer, absolutely perfect. Now you know what I mean by Zen.” — Jack Kerouac
I went over to an old cook in the doorway of the kitchen and asked him “Why did Bodhidharma come from the West?” (Bodhidharma was the Indian who brought Buddhism eastward to China.)
'I don’t care,' said the old cook, with lidded eyes, and I told Japhy and he said, 'Perfect answer, absolutely perfect. Now you know what I mean by Zen.