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6 mins read. "Empty Your Cup" is a classic Zen story that imparts a valuable lesson about the nature of learning, openness, and humility. Here's the story: Long ago, in a serene monastery atop mist-covered mountains, there dwelled a wise Zen master. His name was known far and wide for his profound wisdom, and people from distant lands

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In this Zen story, a young monk asks a master how to achieve enlightenment. The master replies, "Empty your cup." The monk thinks about this for a long time,

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The Zen master continued, "Learning is not about filling your mind with more knowledge. It's about emptying your mind of the things that are holding you back." The professor took a deep breath. He realized that the Zen master was right. He was so full of his own opinions that he couldn't see anything beyond them.

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Zen Buddhists believe that the original state of a person's mind is non-demanding and pure. However over time it gets corrupted and loses its state of self-sufficiency. Ego thinking takes over

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Master Dogen, 13th century founder of Japanese Zen, stated that "to study Buddhism is to study the self". However, this doesn't imply actual sitting down in front of a book and studying.

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A well-educated, scholarly man approached a Zen Master, seeking the secrets of enlightenment. The man boasted about his extensive knowledge of the scriptures and the many practices he had mastered

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Description:In this video, we explore the teachings of Master Zen, a wise spiritual leader who encourages us to let go of our preconceived notions and be ful

https://zenstudiespodcast.com/emptiness-of-self/
Cultivating the Empty Field: The Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi. Boston, MA: Tuttle Publishing, 2000 Wright, Robert. Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 2017. Nishijima, Gudo and Chodo Cross. Master Dogen's Shobogenzo (in four volumes). London: Windbell

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The idea of a Zen master is well known, but not everyone can name one. Zen masters have provided insights into the mind and examples of alternative ways of living we can all benefit from. Here are

https://theenlightenmentjourney.com/zen-master-learning-from-wisdom-of-zen-teachers/
Discover the teachings of Zen Masters to gain insight and wisdom in your own life.

https://zenstudiespodcast.com/bodhicitta/
by Domyo | Sep 22, 2021 | Buddhist Teachings. Bodhicitta can be translated as Way-Seeking Mind, or the Mind of Enlightenment. Bodhicitta is the part of us that recognizes and seeks truth and goodness, inspiring our spiritual search and motivating our practice. In a sense, bodhicitta is the part of us that is already awakened, because without it

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"Empty Your Mind: A Zen Master's Timeless Wisdom" | A Powerful Motivational Story | Inspiration |ABOUT THIS STORY:Explore the profound wisdom of a wise Zen m

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The principal route to this sudden enlightenment was "no thought": an emptying of the mind, achieved through meditation (Zen, in Japanese), until one reaches the highest state of consciousness

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The term Zen, or Chan, means meditation. Zen stories are mostly ancient words and deeds of Zen masters. In Zen Buddhism, enlightenment is not any far-fetched goal to be attained but moment-to-moment awareness and awakening while doing the most mundane tasks in daily life. Short and humorous, these stories are typically paradoxical, whimsical and at

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All schools of Zen today believe in sudden enlightenment, meaning that the enlightened mind is already present, and realization of that mind may come to any of us in an instant. But at the same time, what is realized in a moment needs to be integrated and deepened through further practice, ideally under a teacher's guidance.

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First empty his cup and listen his/her concerns. Once it's done, it will only help you understand his/her view but also help you to make him/her listen what you want to communicate. It

https://zenstudiespodcast.com/keizan-zazen-yojinki/
A Brief Overview of Keizan's "Zazen-Yojinki". Zen master Keizan Jokin lived in Japan from 1264 to 1325, and was a direct Dharma descendant of Dogen. His essay "Zazen-Yojinki" is fairly short and centers on the practice of zazen, or seated Zen meditation. Much of the essay is quite practical: "To practice sitting, find a quiet place

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This is the ox-herding practice carried out by all illuminates after their enlightenment. Even though there is subsequent cultivation, they have already realized sudden enlightenment. Errant thoughts are fundamentally empty; the essence of mind is fundamentally pure. To stop evil over and over without any stopping, and cultivate goodness over

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Discover the timeless wisdom of Zen in 'The Zen Master's Tea Ceremony.' This captivating tale follows a young student's journey to enlightenment under the gu

https://books.google.com/books/about/Cultivating_the_Empty_Field.html?id=PM0d-xfbGWUC
Tuttle Publishing, 2000 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 119 pages. Cultivating the Empty Field is a modern translation of the core of Chinese Ch'an master Hongzhi's Extensive Record. First to articulate the meditation method known to contemporary Zen practitioners as shikantaza ("just sitting") Chinese Zen master Hongzhi is one of the most influential

https://tricycle.org/magazine/cultivating-empty-field-silent-illumination-zen-master-hongzhi/
The language is both simple and clear. On the other hand, the poetry, though adequate, remains pedestrian, going no farther than literal prose renderings broken into lines. Nevertheless, Cultivating the Empty Field is an inspiring little book and an important document in the Zen tradition. Traditional Chinese Woodcut of Zen Master Hongzhi.

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The master teaches the importanc... #easy tales#motivation #zen #shorts #stories In this powerful Zen story, a young man seeks enlightenment from a wise master.

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Song of Enlightenment. By Zen Master Hsuan Chuen of Yung Chia, the Dharma Successor of Hui-Neng. Not avoiding fantasy, not seeking truth. The empty delusory body is the very body of the Dharma. There is nothing at all. Is the Buddha of innocent truth. Like bubbles on the surface of the sea. And the path to hell instantly vanishes.