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- THE MASTER Gutei made a practice of raising his finger whenever he
- explained a question about Zen. A very young disciple began to
- imitate him, and every time Gutei raised his finger when he
- preached, this boy would raise his finger too. Everybody laughed.
- One day Gutei caught him at it. He took the boy's hand, whipped
- out a knife, cut off the finger and threw it away. The boy walked
- off howling.
- "Stop!" shouted Gutei. The boy stopped, and looked at the master
- through his tears. Gutei raised his finger. The boy raised his
- finger. Then suddenly he realized it wasn't there. He hesitated a
- moment:
- Then he bowed.
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