A Shinshu priest once boasted that his master had such miraculous power that he could hold a brush in his hand on one bank of a river while his attendants on the other bank could hold a piece of paper, and the teacher could write the holy name of Buddha through the air. “Can you do such a wonderful thing?” the priest asked Bankei.
Bankei replied, “Perhaps your fox can perform that trick, but that is not the matter of Zen. My miracle is that when I feel hungry, I eat; and when I feel thirsty, I drink”
– Zen story