Below I have copied and pasted a Koan, a Buddhist fable or puzzle that reveals simple wisdom.
The definition of koan is: a paradoxical anecdote or riddle without a solution, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and provoke enlightenment
This one is number 29, and can be accessed here:
http://www.ashidakim.com/zenkoans/29nowaternomoon.html
No Water, No Moon
When the nun Chiyono studied Zen under Bukko of Engaku she was unable to attain the fruits of meditation for a long time.
At last one moonlit night she was carrying water in an old pail bound with bamboo. The bamboo broke and the bottom fell out of the pail, and at that moment Chiyono was set free!
In commemoration, she wrote a poem:
In this way and that I tried to save the old pail
Since the bamboo strip was weakening and about
to break
Until at last the bottom fell out.
No more water in the pail!
No more moon in the water!
The photograph is from my garden at Crystal Creek - photograph disappeared.