Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Empty Your Cup https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/empty-your-cup/ Free Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-fsge-logo-32x32.png Browse Free Spiritual Event Listings For: Empty Your Cup https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/tag/empty-your-cup/ 32 32 Empty Your Cup https://spiritualgrowthevents.com/empty-your-cup-buddhist-zen-story-2/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:31:58 +0000 http://www.spiritual-short-stories.com/?p=10086 Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), 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?” The author of this story is unknown and greatly appreciated!

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]]> Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), 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?”

The author of this story is unknown and greatly appreciated!

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