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Next two! (They are meant to just think!) 1.-A MASTER was asked the question, "What is the Way?" by a curious monk. "It is right before your eyes," said the master. "Why do I not see it for myself?" "Because you are thinking of yourself." "What about you: do you see it?" "So long as you see double, saying I don't and you do, and so on, your eyes are clouded," said the master. "When there is neither 'I' nor 'You,' can one see it?" "When there is neither 'I' nor 'You,' who is the one that wants to see it?" 2.- THE MASTER Ikkyu showed his wisdom even as a child. Once he broke the precious heirloom teacup of his teacher, and was greatly upset. While he was wondering what to do, he heard his teacher coming. Quickly he hid the pieces of the cup under his robe. "Master," he said, "why do things die?" "It is perfectly natural for things to die and for the matter gathered in them to separate and disintegrate," said the teacher. "When its time has come every person and every thing must go. "Master," said little Ikkyu, showing the pieces, "it was time for your cup to go.