3rd March

A novice asked a master for instruction.
The master replied, "Have you had your breakfast yet?"
"I have," said the student. "Then wash your bowl," said
the master.

The master is showing the student that the search for knowledge is
akin to hunger. Asking the novice if he had eaten, and received the
reply that he had, he instructed the novice to wash his bowl, to
end the meal, to stop searching for knowledge. To stop searching for
knowledge is Zen.