A mad Zen student met a Catholic priest for a confession. The madman said, "When I am insane I am willing to knock on wood," then knocked on wood. At the sound of the knocking the madman realized satori. The madman then confessed all of his sins and received absolution.
Togden's Comment
At the moment of knocking on wood
He was both sane and insane
If you grasp this
You are beyond insanity and have awakened to the Way
Togden's Verse
He knocked on wood
Or the wood knocked him
The man was himself
Sane, insane belong to eternity
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