64. Ka-San Sweat

Ka-San was asked to officiate at the funeral of a provincial lord.

He had never met lords and nobles before, so was nervous. When the ceremony started, Ka-San sweat.

Afterwards when he had returned he gathered his pupils together. Ka-San confessed that he was not yet qualified to be a teacher, for he lacked the sameness of bearing in the world of fame that he possessed in the secluded temple. Then Ka-San resigned and became the pupil of another master. Eight years later he returned to his former pupils, enlightened.