(Painting by: Jeremy Yong. Vistit https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Bodhidharma-Dharma-Monk-Portrait-Water-Color-Original-Painting-Signed/913023/3183520/view to buy)
Emperor Wu :
"What then is the sacred teaching?"
Bodhidharma:
"Vast emptiness. Nothing sacred."
Emperor Wu,
(by now bewildered, and not a little indignant):
"Who Then, stands before me?"
Bodhidharma:
"Not know. No one here..."