The confused and somewhat angry Emperor Wu demanded,
"If you say all is nothing, then tell me who are you?"
Bodhidharma replied, "I have no idea." The emperor was completely at a loss, and Bodhidharma, seeing that there was no one ready to appreciate his teaching, took himself off and sat in meditation facing a wall for nine years.
The Emperor Wu lived in a world of definition, opinion, and separation. For Bodhidharma ideas regarding his earthly manifestation did not exist. He therefore taught in silence by sitting in front of a wall for 9 years.
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