OUR BELOVED MASTER,  

THERE WAS A MONK WHO HAD STAYED WITH YAKUSAN FOR THREE YEARS AND SERVED AS THE HEAD COOK. 

ONCE, YAKUSAN ASKED HIM,  "HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN HERE?"  "THREE YEARS," THE MONK REPLIED.  

"I DON'T KNOW YOUR FACE AT ALL," SAID YAKUSAN.  

THE MONK DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YAKUSAN MEANT, AND, OUT OF  RESENTMENT, LEFT THE MONASTERY.  ANOTHER MONK ONCE SAID TO YAKUSAN, "I HAVE A DOUBT. PLEASE,  MASTER, CLEAR IT AWAY."  

YAKUSAN SAID, "THEN COME TO ME AT THE REGULAR DISCOURSE."  THAT NIGHT, SEATED FOR DISCOURSE, YAKUSAN ADDRESSED THE  ASSEMBLY OF MONKS IN FRONT OF HIM, SAYING, "TONIGHT A MONK WILL  CLEAR HIS DOUBT AWAY. WHERE ARE YOU? COME UP HERE!" 

THE MONK AROSE AND CAME FORWARD. NO SOONER HAD HE REACHED  THE MASTER THAN YAKUSAN KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY  RETURNED TO HIS ROOM.