Empty your Cup

The Japanese master Nan-in gave audience to a professor of philosophy.
Serving tea, Nan-in filled his visitor's cup, and kept pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he could restrain himself no longer: "Stop! The cup is over full, no more will go in."
Nan-in said: "Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup."

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Anonymous said…
One of the fantastic quotes. Master Osho alwayz brings Zen and Tao into his discourses. A clouded mind can never transcend to reality... non-stop chattering of the mind, endless thoughts passing you are cocooned in the illusionary world. Meditation is the key for cleansing the mind. The Zen master has rightly pointed that an empty cup (tranquilized mind) is basic necessicity to embrace the divine.

Sreesha
Thursday, 17 November, 2005
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