If you tell your teacher
that your sitting
was disturbed by a thought
he may tell you
to simply throw it away.
If you say you cannot
throw away a thought
for it has no substance
he may smile and tell
you that you may keep
its nothingness without
fear for your practice.

A reflection on case 57 of the Book of Equanimity (従容錄, Shōyōroku)