What follows is based on actual occurences. However,it should in no way be associated with that great body of factual information relating to orthodox Zen Buddhist practice. It's not very factual about motorcycles,either.
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Introduction
-- Robert M Pirsig, (Sep 6 1928-2017), US novelist, writer; He is best known for Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, 1974.