Who Needs a Zen Master
One Thursday evening, after a Dharma talk at the Cambridge Zen Center, a student asked Seung Sahn Soen-sa, "Is it necessary to have a Zen Master, and why?"
Soen-sa said, "Why did you come here?"
The student was silent.
Soen-sa said, "If you are thinking, it is necessary. If you have cut off all thinking, it is not necessary. If your mind is clear, a Zen Master is not necessary, Buddha is not necessary, all things are not necessary."