Koan
Time for the cup to die
As a boy, Ikkyu broke his teacher's precious cup. When the teacher came in, Ikkyu asked, "Why do people have to die?" "It is natural," said the teacher. "Everything has its time." Ikkyu showed him the pieces. "It was time for your cup to die."
Traditional story of Ikkyu
How to sit with it
Everything that begins also ends. Hold something you love a little more lightly.
Read it once more, slowly. Then sit for two minutes and let it stay in the background. There is nothing to solve. New to this? Read what a koan is.
