You are like this cup; you are full of ideas. |
You come and ask for teaching, but your cup is full; I can't put anything in.
Before I can teach you, you'll have to empty your cup
conversation between the scholar Tokusan (also called Te-shan Hsuan-chien, 782-865) and Zen Master Ryutan (Lung-t'an Ch'ung-hsin or Longtan Chongxin, 760-840).