Moon In A Bowl of Water

Spiritual Story by Massud Farzan

One night the poet Awhadi of Kerman was sitting on his porch, bent over a vessel. Shams e-Tabrizi happened to pass by. Shams: "What are you doing?" Awhadi: "Contemplating the moon in a bowl of water." Shams: "Unless you have broken your neck, why don't you look at the moon in the sky?"