The student appealed to the Sufi master to take him on as a student.
“Why did you leave your old master?”
“I asked him, ‘What is the meaning of life?’ and he hit me with a stick.
The Sufi master hit him with a stick and said, “Return to your old master and thank him for his grandfatherly kindness.”
(Don’t ask stupid questions.)
The student appealed to the Sufi master to take him on as a student.
“Why did you leave your old master?”
“I asked him, ‘What is the meaning of life?’ and he hit me with a stick.
The Sufi master hit him with a stick and said, “Return to your old master and thank him for his grandfatherly kindness.”
(Don’t ask stupid questions.)