Cerita Zen
In Dreamland
"Our schoolmaster used to take a nap every afternoon," related a
disciple of Soyen Shaku. "We children asked him why he did it and he
told us: 'I go to dreamland to meet the old sages just as Confucius
did.' When Confucius slept, he would dream of ancient sages and later
tell his followers about them.
"It was extremely hot one day so some of us took a nap. Our
schoolmaster scolded us. 'We went to dreamland to meet the ancient
sages the same as Confucius did,' we explained. 'What was the message
from those sages?' our schoolmaster demanded. One of us replied: 'We
went to dreamland and met the sages and asked them if our schoolmaster
came there every afternoon, but they said they had never seen any such
fellow.'"