M ONK: "Where is the Reality in appearance?"MASTER: "Wherever there is appearance, there is Reality."MONK: "How does It manifest Itself?"MASTER: (The master silently lifted his saucer.)MONK: "But where is the Reality in illusion?"MASTER: "The origin of illusion is the Real."MONK: "But how can Reality manifest Itself in illusion?"MASTER: "Wherever there is illusion, there is the manifestation of Reality."MONK: "Do you say, then, Reality can never be separated from illusion?"MASTER: "Where can you possibly find the appearance of illusion?" temple_buddhist quote 3751 | Ts’ao-shan Pen-chi in Chung-yuan, 1975; pp. 72-73 share