Representing the Minnesota Kali Group since 1997 - Jeet Kune Do, Kali, Escrima, Muay Thai, Brazilian JiuJitsu, Savate, Silat, Archery & Yoga
Life Lessons in the Martial Arts
Throughout the year, we will be adding stories pertaining to the nature of Martial Arts philosophy and practice.
This Month's Story: The Tea Cup Lesson
A learned man once went to a Zen teacher to inquire about Zen. As the Zen teacher explained, the learned man would frequently interrupt him with remarks like, "Oh, yes, we have that too...." and so on.
Finally the Zen teacher stopped talking and began to serve tea to the learned man. He poured the cup full, and then kept pouring until the cup overflowed.
"Enough!" the learned man once more interrupted. "No more can go into the cup!"
"Indeed, I see," answered the Zen teacher. "If you do not first empty the cup, how can you taste my cup of tea?"
The Moral of the Story
In order to learn something anew, you must first make room for that knowledge and experience by emptying your mind of its preconceptions about that thing.
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