Human beings understand too much. But what they understand is just
somebody’s opinion. Like a dog barking. American dogs say, “Woof, woof.”
Korean dogs say, “Mung, mung.” Polish dogs say, “How, how.” So which dog
barking is correct? This is human beings’ barking, not dog barking. If dog
and you become one hundred percent one, then you know sound of barking. This
is Zen teaching. Boom! Become one.
–Seung Sahn, from “Boom! An Interview with Zen Master Seung Sahn,” Tricycle,
Winter 1996