"The Baizhang Zen Monastic Regulations made meditation the foundation of daily routine, in addition to the one-on-one teaching exchanges between master and student that now happened not only in the formal setting of the interview room but also in the daily life of the monastery. One day, for example, as Master Dongshan was washing his bowl (no attendants to wash the master's bowl here) he saw two birds fighting over a frog. A monk also witnessed this scene and asked, 'Why does it come to that?' 'Only for your benefit,' Dongshan replied. This is the detached viewing of life's reality. There is no right or wrong when the discriminating mind is still. No meaning. Just this. It is for your benefit — to help you awaken."