Being Empty.

Once there was a seeker. He had strong believes/opinions since he spent lot of time reading many books of knowledge. But he understood that something is missing and he decided to became a disciple of a great Zen master. Master had a talk with him and asked him to come next day morning. And thus he came next day.

Master invited him for a tea. He took a cup and started pouring tea into it. The cup got filled up to the brim. But he kept on pouring tea. And it started overflowing. Still he kept on pouring. The disciple got irritated and asked his master,

“What are you doing? Cant you see that the cup is full?”

Then said the Master :

“Yes, I can see it. Good that you observed it. Our situation is also like this. You think you are full and hence I can’t give you any knowledge. If you want me to fill it, you first need to become empty”