Shoyoroku - Case 70: Shinsan Asks about Nature

Master Shinsan asked Master Shuzan [1],
  "After you have clearly known the unborn nature of life, why are you still
   attached to life?"
Shuzan said,
  "The bamboo shoot necessarily becomes a bamboo. But is it possible to make
   a bamboo rope [2] already out of a bamboo shoot? [3]"
Shinsan said,
  "Later you will realize it yourself."
Shuzan said,
  "My view is just as I said. What is your view?"
Shinsan said,
  "This is the temple steward's quarters, and that is the cooks' quarters."
Shuzan made a deep bow.

[1]: The two masters were Dharma brothers.
[2]: A rope made out of thin bamboo tops.
[3]: That is, I am still "a bamboo shoot"; you cannot make "a bamboo rope" out
     of me.