Look within to see beyond

One fine evening, an apprentice monk inquistively enquired "How to look beyond?"

The Zen master asked the monk to fetch a wooden bucket full of water. Once the monk placed the water, the zen master asked "Do you see any reflections?".

The young monk replied " Yes master, I see moon in it"

Not the zen master asked the monk to empty the bucket and asked him to look into it and tell what did he see now. The monk said " I do not see anything"

The Zen master concluded " No Water, No Moon. When the mind is filled with knowledge, one can see far and beyond "