One evening, after a Dharma talk at the Cambridge Zen Center, a student asked Seung Sahn Soen-sa, “When you say you are here to save all people, does that mean only to help them get enlightened or also to save them from hunger, war, and pain?”
Soen-sa said, “I have already finished saving all people.”
There was a long silence.
“Do you understand what this means?”
Another long silence.
“Put it down. Okay?”