Wukong studied with Zen master Danxia.
Danxia asked him, "What is the self that is before the eon of emptiness?"
As Wukogn was about to reply, Danxia said, "You're still noisy. Go away for awhile."
Then one day when Wukong climbed up to the mountain peak he was greatly enlightened.
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