◆Zen Buddhism and Nestorianism Series 29:To speak about a thing is to miss the mark

When Zen Master Nanyue Huairang(南嶽懐譲) in the Tang Dynasty of China first visited the Sixth Patriarch Huineng(六祖慧能), Huineng asked, "Where are you from?" Huairang replied, "I am from Mount Song(嵩山)." Then Huineng asked in return, "What is it that has come thus?(甚麼物恁麼来)?" Huairang was completely bewildered and could not answer a single word.  So, this time, let's take a look at the koan, "What is it that has come thus?"