The Master
Bow Before Me.
A Zen master said to a monk, “You must see the universe in your cup.”
The monk looked into his cup, but didnÂ’t see the universe, so he threw the cup away.
The Zen master said, “Oh, poor cup. We think the cup is too small to hold the universe. Intellectually, we can’t see how it could fit. But wherever we go, the whole universe always appears--in a cup, a window, in a smile, in a word.”
The monk looked into his cup, but didnÂ’t see the universe, so he threw the cup away.
The Zen master said, “Oh, poor cup. We think the cup is too small to hold the universe. Intellectually, we can’t see how it could fit. But wherever we go, the whole universe always appears--in a cup, a window, in a smile, in a word.”