There is a failure called blind busy, feeling is too deep
Date:3, 8, 2018Hits:1
There was an old zen master in a valley, and he found himself a disciple who was very diligent, whether it was to go to the side or to wash the dishes in the kitchen, and the disciple was busy and busy from morning till night.
The little disciple was struggling inside, and his eyes were getting darker and darker. Finally, he couldn't resist looking for a master.
He said to the zen master, "master, I am so tired, but I have not seen any achievements. What is the reason?"
The old master thought for a moment and said, "you take the bowl of the ordinary."
The little apprentice took the pot, and the old master said, "well, put it here, and you can bring me some walnuts to fill it."
The little disciple did not know what the teacher meant, and he came in with a pile of walnuts. When the ten walnuts are put in a bowl, the whole bowl is filled.
The old zen master asked the apprentice, "can you put more walnuts into the bowl?"
"Can't take it, the bowl is already full, and then put the walnuts in it should be rolled down."
"Oh, the bowl is full, isn't it? You can bring some more rice."
The little apprentice took some rice again, and he poured the rice into the bowl along the crack of the walnut. He put a lot of rice into it, and he kept putting it away. The little apprentice stopped and suddenly seemed to have an Epiphany: "oh, the bowl was not full yet."
"Is that full now?"
"It's full now."
"You can fetch some more water."
The little disciple went to fetch water. He took a ladle of water and poured it into the bowl. After half a bowl of water was poured in, the gap was filled.
The old zen master asked the apprentice, "is this time full?"
The little disciple looked at the bowl, but was afraid to answer. He didn't know if he could put it in.
The old buddhist monk smiled and said, "you go and bring a teaspoon of salt."
The old zen master put salt into the water again, and the water didn't overflow at all.
Little apprentice seems to have an understanding. The old zen master asked him, "what do you mean by that?"
"I know," said the little monk. "it shows that time is always there."
Old zen master smiled and shook his head, saying, "this is not what I want to tell you."
Then the old master returned the contents of the bowl to the basin, freeing up an empty bowl.
The old zen master slowly operated and said, "we just put the walnuts. Now let's come back and see what happens."
The old zen master first put a spoonful of salt, and then pour water in, filled, after again when put into a bowl of rice, the water has started to spillover and when a bowl filled with rice, old zen master asked his little student: "you see, now a bowl can also put the walnut?
"If your life is a bowl," said the old master, "how can your big walnuts fit into the bowl when it is all these little rice?"
The little apprentice just got it.
If you restless, unusually busy, so, you think it is necessary to: "how can we put walnuts in life? If life is a bowl, and how to distinguish walnut and rice?"
If everyone knows what their walnuts are, life is easy. We should put the walnuts in the bowl of life, otherwise we will not be able to put the walnuts in the small things like rice, sesame and water all our lives.
Life is an empty bowl, but what should you put in first? What are your walnuts?
The little disciple was struggling inside, and his eyes were getting darker and darker. Finally, he couldn't resist looking for a master.
He said to the zen master, "master, I am so tired, but I have not seen any achievements. What is the reason?"
The old master thought for a moment and said, "you take the bowl of the ordinary."
The little apprentice took the pot, and the old master said, "well, put it here, and you can bring me some walnuts to fill it."
The little disciple did not know what the teacher meant, and he came in with a pile of walnuts. When the ten walnuts are put in a bowl, the whole bowl is filled.
The old zen master asked the apprentice, "can you put more walnuts into the bowl?"
"Can't take it, the bowl is already full, and then put the walnuts in it should be rolled down."
"Oh, the bowl is full, isn't it? You can bring some more rice."
The little apprentice took some rice again, and he poured the rice into the bowl along the crack of the walnut. He put a lot of rice into it, and he kept putting it away. The little apprentice stopped and suddenly seemed to have an Epiphany: "oh, the bowl was not full yet."
"Is that full now?"
"It's full now."
"You can fetch some more water."
The little disciple went to fetch water. He took a ladle of water and poured it into the bowl. After half a bowl of water was poured in, the gap was filled.
The old zen master asked the apprentice, "is this time full?"
The little disciple looked at the bowl, but was afraid to answer. He didn't know if he could put it in.
The old buddhist monk smiled and said, "you go and bring a teaspoon of salt."
The old zen master put salt into the water again, and the water didn't overflow at all.
Little apprentice seems to have an understanding. The old zen master asked him, "what do you mean by that?"
"I know," said the little monk. "it shows that time is always there."
Old zen master smiled and shook his head, saying, "this is not what I want to tell you."
Then the old master returned the contents of the bowl to the basin, freeing up an empty bowl.
The old zen master slowly operated and said, "we just put the walnuts. Now let's come back and see what happens."
The old zen master first put a spoonful of salt, and then pour water in, filled, after again when put into a bowl of rice, the water has started to spillover and when a bowl filled with rice, old zen master asked his little student: "you see, now a bowl can also put the walnut?
"If your life is a bowl," said the old master, "how can your big walnuts fit into the bowl when it is all these little rice?"
The little apprentice just got it.
If you restless, unusually busy, so, you think it is necessary to: "how can we put walnuts in life? If life is a bowl, and how to distinguish walnut and rice?"
If everyone knows what their walnuts are, life is easy. We should put the walnuts in the bowl of life, otherwise we will not be able to put the walnuts in the small things like rice, sesame and water all our lives.
Life is an empty bowl, but what should you put in first? What are your walnuts?