Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

As the monks Jiashan and Dingshan were traveling together they had a discussion.
Dingshan said, “When there is no Buddha within life and death, then there is no life and death.”
Jiashan said, “When Buddha is within life and death, there is no confusion about life and death.”
The two monks couldn’t reach any agreement, so they climbed the mountain to see Damei Fachang.
Jiashan raised their question with Damei and asked, “We’d like to know which viewpoint is most intimate?”
Damei said, “Go now. Come back tomorrow”
The next day Jiashan again came to Damei and raised the question of the previous day.
Damei said, “The one who’s intimate doesn’t ask. The one who asks isn’t intimate.”
(Years later, when Jiashan was abbot, he said, “At that time I lost my eye.”) (Zen’s Chinese Heritage)

I posted Damei’s closing words on Instagram a while back; perhaps it works better with the preceding set-up.