Joshu once asked a new monk:

‘‘Have you ever been here before?”

The monk answered, “Yes, sir, I have.”

Thereupon the master said, “Have a cup of tea.”

Later on another monk came and he asked him the same
question, “Have you ever been here?”

This time the answer was quite opposite. “I have never been
here, sir.”

The old master, however, answered just as before, “Have
a cup of tea.”

Afterwards the Inju asked the master, “How is it that you make the same offering of
a cup of tea no matter what a monk’s reply is?”

The old master called out, “O Inju!” who at once replied,
“Yes, master.” Whereupon Joshu said, “Have a cup of tea."