Story about tea cup Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era, received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen. Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!” Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup? Quotes When we take time to look at the way we see things – the way we see things changes Knowledge is learning something every day Wisdom is letting something go every day The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn
Story about tea cup
Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era, received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.
Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor’s cup full, and then kept on pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. “It is overfull. No more will go in!”
Like this cup, Nan-in said, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?
Quotes
When we take time to look
at the way we see things
–
the way we see things
changes
Knowledge is learning something every day
Wisdom is letting something go every day
