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    Empty Your Mind - A Powerful Zen Story For Your Life

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    A professor asked a zen master to explain the meaning of zen. The master poured tea into the professor's cup until it was full and continued pouring. When the professor questioned why he was still pouring, the master replied that like the overflowing cup, the professor's mind was full of preconceptions that needed to be emptied to understand zen. The master explained that an empty mind is open, like a beginner's mind, while an expert's mind has few possibilities due to preconceptions. We should approach each event with an empty mind without judgment.

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    Empty Your Mind - A Powerful Zen Story For Your Life

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    A professor asked a zen master to explain the meaning of zen. The master poured tea into the professor's cup until it was full and continued pouring. When the professor questioned why he was still pouring, the master replied that like the overflowing cup, the professor's mind was full of preconceptions that needed to be emptied to understand zen. The master explained that an empty mind is open, like a beginner's mind, while an expert's mind has few possibilities due to preconceptions. We should approach each event with an empty mind without judgment.

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    A professor asked a zen master to explain the meaning of zen. The master poured tea into the professor's cup until it was full and continued pouring. When the professor questioned why he was still pouring, the master replied that like the overflowing cup, the professor's mind was full of preconceptions that needed to be emptied to understand zen. The master explained that an empty mind is open, like a beginner's mind, while an expert's mind has few possibilities due to preconceptions. We should approach each event with an empty mind without judgment.

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    Empty Your Mind - A Powerful Zen Story For Your Life

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    A professor asked a zen master to explain the meaning of zen. The master poured tea into the professor's cup until it was full and continued pouring. When the professor questioned why he was still pouring, the master replied that like the overflowing cup, the professor's mind was full of preconceptions that needed to be emptied to understand zen. The master explained that an empty mind is open, like a beginner's mind, while an expert's mind has few possibilities due to preconceptions. We should approach each event with an empty mind without judgment.

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    a story

    by suzuki roshi

    [Music]

    once upon a time a professor went to a

    zen master

    he asked him to explain the meaning of

    zen

    the master quietly poured a cup of tea

    the cup was full but he continued to

    pour

    the professor could not stand this any

    longer so he questioned the master

    impatiently

    why do you keep pouring when the cup is

    full

    [Music]

    i want to point out to you the master

    said

    that you are similarly attempting to

    understand

    zen while your mind is full first

    empty your mind of preconceptions before

    you attempt

    to understand zen

    if your mind is empty it is always ready

    for anything

    it is open to everything in the

    beginner's mind

    there are many possibilities in the

    expert's mind
    there are few

    you see in life in your life

    we all are full of preconceptions all

    the time we are constantly judging

    and trying to relate things actions

    disasters

    to one another but this is wrong

    our mind must be empty

    we should not have any preconceptions

    and we should take every

    event every word every feeling as what

    it is keep an empty mind

    and your heart will be always full

    this is there to do motivation stories

    thanks for watching and stay blessed

    you

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