By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: July 18, 2016
A monk asked the master Sengcan: “Master, show me the way to liberation.”
Sengcan replied: “Who binds you?”
The monk replied: “No one binds me.”
Sengcan said: “Then why do you seek liberation?”
From this page about “Soto Zen Buddhist hermit-monk/poet Ryokan.”