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Revisiting a Zen parable
Zen master
Kept
Pouring
From his kettle;
The tea continued to flow
By now cup was full, he didn’t stop
Cup was now overflowing, he continued. His act
Disciple was amazed awestruck. Had never seen
This was most strange behavior Unseen before
He finally gathered courage. and asked.
Master the cup is full now overflowing
Master was waiting for this question
He said without blinking a lid
Son, you have to learn…
Here’s a lesson from this:
I can not give you knowledge if you are already full
In order to receive, you need to first empty yourself.
Disciple unfazed
He responded
Dear master,
I am not a cup
That is made of baked clay
My body enshrines spirit and soul
Am not limited as a concrete object
I am not limited by my exterior form
Your example fails to acknowledge
The play between body and spirit
Look at a one year old toddler
Joyfully crawling on four
Fragile nascent soul
The beings evolve…
A seed contains a forest
The human body is not a limited vessel as you say
Diferent in name and form we are made of the same clay
The make, what we contain, even the source is the same
If the cup was bigger than the kettle and could take it all
Would that empty you? Where do you get your refill from?
Let us acknowledge, it is the same source.
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Amitabh Divakar
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