Shoyoroku - Case 3: The Indian King Invites the Patriarch A king of Eastern India invited the twenty-seventh patriarch, Prajna Tara, for a meal. The king asked, "Why don't you recite sutras?" The patriarch said, "The poor way [1] does not stay in the world of subject when breathing in, and has nothing to do with the world of objects when breathing out. I am always reciting the suchness-sutra in millions and millions of volumes." [1]: i.e., "I."