Kasan was asked to officiate at the funeral of a provincial land. He had never met the lords and nobles before, so he was nervous. When the ceremony started, Kasan started sweating. later, when he had returned, he gathered his pupils together. Kasan confessed that he was not yet qualified to be a teacher for he lacked the sameness of being in the world of fame that he possessed in the secluded temple. Then he resigned and became a pupil of another master. Eight years later, he returned to his former pupils, enlightened.