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There are a few well-known quotes I've read awhile back from the book Zen Mind Beginner's Mind about spirituality (in this case Dharmic practice) and being in the state of a beginner's mind:
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
“The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.”
“The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.”
and so forth.
To all those who have a faith and grounded in it, do you believe you are still a seeker just as someone who is trying to find their religion or spiritual practice or do you not agree that to have a "Zen" mind one needs to have a beginner's mind also?
Can one be an expert and a novice at the same time?
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few”
“The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind.”
“The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner’s mind.”
and so forth.
To all those who have a faith and grounded in it, do you believe you are still a seeker just as someone who is trying to find their religion or spiritual practice or do you not agree that to have a "Zen" mind one needs to have a beginner's mind also?
Can one be an expert and a novice at the same time?
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