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The Parable of the Empty Cup

2023-04-25 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:57 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Personal story

In a Short, Ali tells the Zen parable of the empty cup and draws from it the beginner's mind: to truly learn, approach life open and receptive, unburdened by preconceived notions and limiting beliefs.

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00:00:00 — The parable of the empty cup and the beginner's mind

  • ★★ Ali tells the Zen parable of the empty cup: a Zen master keeps pouring tea into a learned professor's full cup and tells him his mind, full of ideas and opinions, must be emptied before he can learn. (fiction) — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says the parable of the empty cup illustrates the beginner's mind of Zen Buddhism: approaching life with a beginner's mindset, open and receptive to new experiences and possibilities. — 00:00:29

  • ★★★ To truly learn, Ali says, we must approach life with a fresh perspective, unburdened by preconceived notions and limiting beliefs. — 00:00:29

    “To truly learn, we must approach life with a fresh perspective, unburdened by preconceived notions and limiting beliefs.”

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