Can’t you see the cup is already full and overflowing?
The young philosopher
A Zen master of great renown was visited by a young philosopher who had traveled
from a distant land to meet him. The master agreed to see him because the
philosopher came with high recommendations by his teachers. The two sat
under a tree to converse and the subject hastily turned to what the master
could teach the young philosopher. Recognizing the flame of youth, the
master smiled warmly and started to describe his meditation techniques. He
was cut short by the philosopher, who said: “Yes, I understand what you
are talking about! We did a similar technique at the temple, but instead
we used images to focus!”
Once the philosopher was done explaining to the master how he was
taught and practiced his meditation, the master spoke again. This time he
tried to tell the young man about how one should be attuned to nature and
the universe. He didn’t get two sentences in when the philosopher cut him
short again and started talking about how he had been taught meditation
and so on and so on.
Once again, the master patiently waited for the young philosopher to end his excited explanations. When the philosopher was quiet again, the master spoke of seeing humor in every situation. The young man didn’t lose any time and started to talk about his favorite jokes and how he thought they could relate ...
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