Daiman Konin

The thirty-first patriarch, [China's Fourth Patriarch,] Zen Master Ta-i, bowed to the Great Master Chien-chih, and said, "I beg the priest in his great compassion to give me the teaching of liberation." The Patriarch replied, "Who is binding you?" The master said, "No one is binding me." The Patriarch answered, "Then why aie you seeking liberation?" With these words, the master was greatly awakened.