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Beginner's Mind:
"A successful businessman went to a Zen master and announced he had bome to learn all about zen. The master invited the man to sit down and have tea. As the master poured the tea, it overflowed. The businessman shouted, "It's spilling, it's spilling!" To which the master replied, "Precisely - you came with a full cup. Your cup is already spilling over, so how can I give you anything? Unless you come with emptiness, I can give you nothing"
(Thinking Body, Dancing Mind. Chungliang Al Huang and Jerry Lynch, Bantam, 1992)

"A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action."
-Samurai maxim, J. Hyams (1979, 15).

"When you seek it, you cannot find it."
- Zen riddle, J. Hyams (1979, 21).



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