The Empty Cup: A Zen Story of Humility and Enlightenment | I Am Short Story
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- "The Empty Cup" - a story about humility and openness in the path to enlightenment. We hope that this story has inspired you to let go of your attachments and expectations, and to embrace the present moment with an open mind and heart. Remember to keep your cup empty, and to always seek new insights and experiences that can help you grow and evolve. If you enjoyed this video, please like and subscribe to our channel for more inspiring stories and videos. And as always, stay mindful and keep learning!
In this inspiring story, we follow the journey of a student who comes to a Zen master to learn about enlightenment. But when he boasts of his own knowledge and achievements, the master offers him a lesson in humility and openness. Through the simple yet profound metaphor of an empty cup, the student learns the true value of letting go of his attachments and expectations, and embracing the present moment with an open mind and heart. Join us on this journey of self-discovery and enlightenment, and discover the power of an empty cup to transform your life.
Om'Shanti 🙏
"To conquer others is to have power, to conquer oneself is to know the way."
Lao Tzu
Such much lean the proletariat.
Excellent thank you
As a martial artist. You must be an empty cup in combat. No thinking,no thought,no anger,no fear. Just being and let the Void do it’s own thing. No time for thinking in combat. Just doing.
if i could that in study then i could do good, although i want your help as i have been practicing meditation about a year and yet i am unable to control my own mind!! -----pls guide me!! pls
@Zatoichi444 Thanks A Lot ❤🌹🙏
@@santoshkad6180 😂........
@@peaceleader7315 kya hua
Yes you can not stop the brain from working. So you must let it work to your advantage. A very tricky prospect. The mind will only focus on one thing at a time. Out thought process creates the results that we tell It to do. What I call. Purposeful Thinking. Or Creative Thinking. Focus Thinking. As We never get what we want. We only get what we picture in our minds eye. Our vision.our inner vision. And it’s based on the external and internal stimuli. What call “ THE CHATTER”. As a Man Thinks HeIs. So the real question is. What are you thinking. If it’s negative fear based thinking. That’s what you get. Or is it Creative,innovative and positive thinking for creating the correct results of our consciousness. We create our reality with our thinking. Focus on the results you want. Not the results you do not want. Why waste energy and time. On what you don’t want. It’s living life by purpose. Or Default. Whatever happens. Happens. That’s not being control of your life. In Aikido there is a phrase called SHENOGI/ SABAKI. CONTROL AND EXECUTE. START/ FINISH. CHECK AND FOLLOW THROUGH. Control your thinking. Control your life.
When enlightement becomes a goal, then you haven't understood. 😊
I believe after enlightenment person also knows that knowing is a bondage and not being anything is the true freedom.
And when person is nothing he is one with everything. And everything is nothing, appearing as everything.
Do you believe nothingness to be related with enlightenment?
I see nothingness to be eternal and infinite. But that nothingness is awareness. As awareness has no feature so to see one source awareness wouldn't it be nothingness directly?
When we are focused on nothingness we are at level with it. Try focusing on nothingness. When I'm focused on nothingness it seems as if i am nothingness too. That's how i know my real nature is eternal and infinite.
And nothingness itself is awareness, we can tell that because when we're focused on nothingness we become nothingness yet we are aware. It means it is awareness.
you are playing the intellectual game...
Got to start somewhere 😁
@@benedictcumberbatch4275
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At the starting point, one has arrived already!
This, is the state of Zen.
So true Miranda. It is a state of being? Or a sensation? All I know is that I don't know. To be more explicit- IT is UNIQUE for every every individual.
This message imparted in this video was very deep and useful. We flood our minds with so much junk that our minds gets tired. To remedy that we flood it little more with useless junk (I am talking about distractions, randoms videos etc) and we feel so overwhelmed,we get tired from inside. This strategy is particularly useful for people who have been burned out like me, to keep our minds empty (as much as possible) and use it when needed to perform useful activities. We will feel lot more content and grounded doing that - I think the point of meditation is also the same.
Internet is addicting, but can also be helpful.
So Koji says he knows a few things about Zen enlightenment (mostly theory) and needs guidance (humble), yet Takashi admonishes him for thinking he knows everything and needs to be humble. Just to come with the Empty Cup analogy and look smarter. The Master seems to have a skewed understanding of what the disciple says.
After 40 years of meditative practice, I have found a way to empty my cup …
Mindful breathing and eyes closed, I let my wander through sounds and touch and slowly let them go, allowing my awareness to retreat away from everything, even the random pictures in my head and the feel of air entering my body. I then let go of words, retraining from observing my thoughts and memories. Being very still, I finally let go of that all-important word “I”, freeing myself from being a passive onlooker of the noise in my brain. At last, I am at a place where time slows, I am an infinitesimal point surrounded by an unimaginable vastness. Self has faded away, language forgotten. It is there I perceive Unity. It is there I join with Peace.
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No Woman No Cry
No Self no Problem
‘I’ the biggest ego people have without even realising it. For most people everything revolves around this one letter word.
What to do is drop names.
Try to see everyone as a soul, which is pure, regardless of their actions, deeds and desires.
This is hard, looking at bad people as a pure soul, but in the end that is their true nature.
When you start looking yourself as a pure soul and view others through the same lens,
You forget fear, failure of embarrassment and so many thing.
Peace, tranquility and unimaginable courage will follow.
Hope this makes sense!
And the benefit to this is to sit back and passively enjoy the peace?
Amen good sir, Amen!!!
Beautiful TY FOR IMPARTING YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO OTHERS.
Similiar to chinese scholar that want to learn zen, he visited many famous zen masters but always being rejected by them, until one of them show him the overflowing a tea cup.
Zen: keep your mind and heart open, keep your cup empty so in order to keep filling it, detach from all outer things so you can attach to the inner energy of divine source , be in a state of humility, be in gratitude!
Nicely said.
Right @mona the main point is to be open mind
Keep ur actions aligned with ur objective(s)
This story was very beautifully told and the teaching very clearly articulated.
Thank you for making such a beautiful teaching video.
I don't understand this story. The student realized in the beginning, that all his books and practice of meditation are not enough and seeks out help. Then the master he turns to calls him out for having opinions and being arrogant. Isn't that contradicting?
Meditate on it
Bro this is amazing… you’ve single-handedly become my favorite youtube channel. I’ve been looking for zen story readings for so long but haven’t had much luck. The way you read it much like big channels that read things like creepy stories and on top of that you’ve got such a soothing voice. I’ll be sticking around as one your first 1000 fans. I have a feeling you’ll be a big channel in no time.
beautiful, thank you for reminding me this.
"Only an empty cup can be filled with knowledge and wisdom". What is that 'knowledge and wisdom'?
"We must get rid of desires". That sounds like a desire in itself.
This is another clip bait.
What about the billions of people who will never hear about Zen because of circumstances? Are they living the wrong life?
Knowledge is obtain by the acumulation of experiences, good and bad ones. I will never "empty" the cup nor ignore my past, which is like an open book to learn from.
And again, the subject of women... Where are they?
I distrust the patriarcal mentality; gender discrimination shows no wisdom whatsoever.
All this is fine and dandy, but when you see zen monks, buddhists, Eastern teachers and their disciples, you never see women. Like the lack of women in the hierarchy in western religions. Half of humanity is left out. ("Women should be quiet during religious ceremonies": Bible). Are these school of thoughts, religions, male authorities 'afraid' of women? What is wrong with these people? Just because of this sexism and lack of integration I smell something fishy. Patriarcal mentality is plain discrimination, and that shows a gigantic flaw. There cannot be a "wise" teacher if he practice discrimination.
Similar story is named the Broken Cup, the broken cup felt worthless until the Master told him when the water drips out it waters the pretty wildflowers along the way.
Then another master throws it away because it can’t hold water. Lol
@@benedictcumberbatch4275 Some people are foolish. lol
Nice and insightful metaphoric story, but Takashi could have a better approach instead of his leading question in such contextualized scenario.
There’s an excellent book called “Zen Flesh, Zen Bones”, which is a collection of koans, including this one (which takes a minute to read). It’s one of the few books I have bought for myself, and given as gifts.
Just a small twick: enlightening is not achieved, it's realized ❤
the moment you "realize" enlightenment, it ceases to be part of you if it was ever there..the whole world just need to stop using buzzwords they don't understand. Go out, make mistakes and learn from them - how much lessons u learnt from the mistakes you don't repeat doesn't make you "enlightened", maybe wise in ur ways but dats it.. he who is enlightened is he who is full of light, no man is - except little children who havent developed the capacity to know good and evil. or as some would say, havent bitten off the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. buzz word culture nowadays is annoying asf
These stories are sweet but we live in a different time infinitely more materialistic and ever so inhumane.Our wise men and women would of necessity not follow our presuppositions based on stereotypical
Images and traditions..The last master I can recall died of alcohol induced cardiac arrest.Our psychedelic pioneers live in constant fear of legal persecution and another type of arrest!
I’ve been finding my growth into enlightenment through physical and emotional pain. This last year has been the most painful and most wonderful experience of my life
LoL we have no clue, nobody does.
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The master was teaching The Wisdom Of God through Jesus The Christ, as (for Biblical example) from the "Empty Vessels that were filled to The Brim" in The Wedding at Caana.
From The Beginning of Time, our Father God commands us to empty ourselves in order to be filled with The Holy Spirit.
And Humility, which is God's #1 Gift Of All Virtues, is the initial mandate for All Emptiness.
There are many in Heaven who have sinned, but none who lack the Virtue Of Humility.
And there are many in Hell who have done good deeds, but NONE possess the Virtue Of HUMILITY.
Enlightenment is not filling knowledge in brain, its the awakening of heart. Staying in consciousness, feeling and identifying true nature of all thoughts, emotions. It should be done in natural way, with the flow. Naturally, without force 🙏🌊
Enlightenment is the ability to perceive all in existence, in its' true form, as opposed to, perceiving all based on one's own perceptions. Enlightenment comes, not from focusing inward, but from shedding one's own identity and realizing the unity of all, separate from self.
I'm telling you right now this channel is going to blow up in popularity. Take advantage while it's small and you can interact with the creator.
What's up with this 'creator' stuff you are trying to inject? You sound confused.
@@mahtabmawla2885 he means the channel creator lol
@@dasmama9909 that's your interpretation
A smooth magical move. 💯👍👽
That depends if people are interested or not.
Beautiful story and it is so inspiring and feel motivated. This is the beginning of the true Art of Meditation. Thank you.
The humility required to realize Spiritual Enlightenment is only attainable after having already realized it.
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Only a fool sees himself as enlightened, or thinks it possible within man, no such thing . And yes, "spiritual leaders" and anyone who aspires to be such are all fools selling, or wanting to sell an image..the closest thing a man gets to "enlightenment" is when he highlights his folly, not his virtues, to others. because the recognition of one's own humility is in itself, pride.. If anyone is to know anything about anything, he should know the moment you observe something, it ceases to be.
Yes.
Interesting.
Naming or framing does not necessarily negate being. One could be in a constant state of communion while living everyday life moving in and out of observing and being. Blessings! ❤
some would argue that wanting enlightenment is just another desire. which is of course another round of suffering for what one does not have. strawberry fields forever.
Truth is the only thing we can keep in our minds . When we empty the mind , we can fill it again but keep the truths that we’ve discovered, and become conscious of. Then we can relate everything else to it , and get clarity by eliminating unnecessary or false thoughts.
True Meaning of Zen: Space and Empty.
Hi Namaste 🌹🙏🏻🌹
Each time I listen to this story it feels new & remembrance of deep humility instantly starts pouring in the heart.
Thank you for sharing these here on RUclips
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I wonder who cleaned up the spilt tea, and did it stain the table and floor?
lol i love how the kid has a mustache XP AI art can be so funny sometimes
LORD JESUS left everything to save the world ..He took the cup of sorrows to give us cup of joy and peace for humans who believes his death and resurrection .
Yet we hang on to many things, mainly thoughts that influence our inner peace and joy. I’m still working on letting go.
"Beyond happiness and unhappiness there is peace."
Eckhart Tolle
6:24 -> 🕊 ♥ MASTER: the cup is a symbol of your mind and heart; if it is full of opinions and knowledge, there is no space for real understanding or wisdom 6:29 ♥
KISS: How can you learn if you believe you already know?
Nicely told story. Inspirering
The Mind is a awesome tool. And like any tool. Can be misused not for its true purpose. I did understand as a young man. Just how powerful our thoughts are. In the late 70s living in Anaheim. I got a job working graveyard. It’s was very hard to get use to sleeping in the day and be ready for a long night. I could not get to sleep. Landscapers,neighbors hav8ng morning sex,and garbage trucks. It’s was bruttle. I FINALY found out about Trans Meditation. Where I had to learn to stop the mental chatter. I used two different process. And they worked perfectly. Was not easy at all. I still used them today. To calm the Spirit. To calm the thought process. Give the brain. A break. Why I love martial arts. Let the Body and Spirit work. While the Brain and I’d. Take a break.
I truly need this 😢😢😢how do I get my body and spirit to work, and stop being too mindful about the tomorrow hence concern more about now and the present?
@@DettaOdyssey One trick, use cold water to shower, if the water is cold enough, your instinct will take over, clearing your thoughts and become focused on the sense of touch due to the cold water. Remember that experience and practice getting to that state of mind, as during that time is when your mind is focused on the present without unnecessary thoughts.
Have enlightenment?
First know what is that enlightenment?
Want to have coffee ?
Then first know what is coffee .
So v v grateful for this insight into humility. 🙏🙏🙏
ZEN: You have eaten your rice. Now. Wash the bowl.
"The more you know, the less you understand." ~ Zen Quote
✉️ Brothers and sisters, I want to inform you that now is the beginning of the last age of (which He called the Age of the Kingdom or age of word) God's salvation in this old world and His work now is to purify the person who will receive His work that in His lowered Kingdom engraved with His holy name and totality of His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 the work He accomplished today is what He prophesied in the great book of Revelation so now is the beginning to be sorted out by Him every type of humanity (the ones He can purify until his last breath is the one who succeeds so that he can enter the approaching New Heaven and New Earth after this 1,000 years extension of God's salvation from now on this old and dirty world, or those who cannot be purified will be destroyed together with this old world, or the one who will be with Satan in eternal punishment in the bottom of Hades of fire brimstone forever).
📩 So, come and enter the last age in His lowered Kingdom.
THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world"
Almighty God said
In the LAST DAYS, GOD became MAN to DO the WORK He HAD to DO and to PERFORM His MINISTRY of the WORD. He PERSONALLY CAME to WORK in the MIDST of PEOPLE with the goal of making PERFECT PEOPLE WHO HAD the SAME ATTITUDE. 🙏
From the time of creation until now, He has only performed this kind of work in the LAST DAYS. It was only in the LAST DAYS that GOD BECAME MAN to DO such a great WORK. Although He endured hardships that men would find it hard to bear, and although He was a GREAT GOD who HUMBLED HIMSELF to become a common man, no aspect of His WORK was delayed, and His PLAN was not disrupted. even a little. He does the WORK according to His ORIGINAL PLAN. ☀️
ONE of the PURPOSES of this INCARNATION is to CONQUER PEOPLE, the OTHER is to MAKE PERFECT the PEOPLE He LOVES. He WANTS to SEE with His OWN EYES the PEOPLE He PERFECTS, and He wants to SEE for HIMSELF HOW the PEOPLE He PERFECTS TESTIFY for Him. NOT ONE or TWO PEOPLE are PERFECT. Rather, it is ONE GROUP, COMPRISED of just a FEW PEOPLE. ☀️🙏
PEOPLE in this GROUP COME from DIFFERENT COUNTRIES in the WORLD, and COME from DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES in the WORLD. The PURPOSE of DOING so much WORK is to GET this GROUP of PEOPLE, to GET the TESTIMONY of this GROUP OF PEOPLE to Him, and to ACHIEVE the GLORY He can GET from them. He does no work in vain, nor does He do any work worthless. It can be said that, in doing so many works, GOD'S PURPOSE is to make PERFECT EVERYTHING He WANTS to make PERFECT. In any free time He has outside of it, He will remove those who are evil. ☀️
You must know that He does not do this great work because of the wicked; rather, He gives His all because of the few people He will make perfect. The WORK He DOES, the WORDS He SPEAKS, the MYSTERIES He REVEALS, and His JUDGMENT and PUNISHMENT are ALL for the sane of those FEW PEOPLE. 🙏
He did NOT become a MAN because of those who were BAD, and especially they did NOT provoke Him to anger so much. He tells the TRUTH, and SPEAKS of ENTERING, because of PERFECT WORKS; He became MAN because of them, and because of them He could grant His PROMISES and BLESSINGS. ☀️
The truth, entrance, and life in humanity that He speaks of is not labored for the sake of the wicked. He WANTS to AVOID TALKING to those who are BAD, INSTEAD He WANTS to GRANT all the TRUTH to those who will be made PERFECT.
But His work requires that, for the time being, He allows the WICKED to ENJOY some of His RICHES. Those who do not practice the truth, do not please God, and interfere with His work are all evil. They CANNOT BE MADE PERFECT, and GOD HATES and REJECTS them. 😪
On the other hand, PEOPLE WHO DO the TRUTH and PLEASE GOD and SPEND their WHOLE SELF in GOD'S WORK are the PEOPLE GOD WILL MAKE PERFECT. 🙏
Those whom GOD wants to make PERFECT are none other than this GROUP of PEOPLE, and the WORK GOD DOES is for the BENEFIT of these PEOPLE. The truth He speaks is for those who are WILLING to DO it. He does not speak to people who do not practice the truth. ☀️
The growth of knowledge and the growth of understanding that He says is aimed at those who can practice the truth. When He speaks of those who will be made perfect, He is speaking of these people.
The WORK of the HOLY SPIRIT is FOCUSED on PEOPLE who CAN do the TRUTH. 🙏
Things like having wisdom and being human are dedicated to people who are WILLING to DO the TRUTH. Those who DO NOT PRACTICE the TRUTH may HEAR MANY WORDS of TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE they are by NATURE VERY EVIL and are NOT INTERESTED in the TRUTH, all they understand are doctrines and words and empty theories, which have not the slightest value for upon their entry into life. Not ONE of THEM is FAITHFUL to GOD; they are ALL PEOPLE WHO SEE GOD BUT CANNOT REACH Him, ALL of THEM are CURSED by GOD. 😪🙏
From "Only Those Who Commit to Practice Make Perfection"
Fulfillment of "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His clothes were stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God." (Rev. 19:13)
The kingdom He brought down and built in the worthy holy place in the highest in the sky and when all the humanity He created in the universe was occupied by it and it was engraved in His holy name and owned by His disposition "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 this is the fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) The Lord Jesus said, "And I say to you, Peter, on top of this eunuch I will build my Church, which will not prevail against him even the fear of death.". ... and fulfillment of "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... and fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem"💫 "The Spirit covered me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 21:10). ... "For the time has come in the matter of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17)
📩 God's sheep are called and led to His glorious Throne in "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 to submit again to His authority so that He can continue to teach us, guide us and protect us even in plagues, disasters, famines and wild animals It will not move us, and to completely win the war with the big red dragon in this final battle!. ... The fulfillment of "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... Fulfillment that it will be built in the highest of the sky that in our Millennial generation that is RUclips in (Isaiah 2:2 / 9:6) "In the last day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All the nations will flock there.". ... "For a baby boy is born for us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." 💌
Beautiful teachings.❤Thank you so very much!🙏
Worry is a useless mulling over of things we cannot change. Peace Pilgrim
One may judge a cup half full
another may judge the cup half empty
Some may see a empty cup most useful
because then it can be filled anew with
that of our choosing.
Allow your mind to be such an empty cup.
Choose your thoughts wisely, they create your reality.
People who preach Humility & being Humble Always preach Keep your Mind Open about you knowing Nothing
There are EVIL people out here who wants your soul who wants to break anything that lives with in you & turn you into their own
When people from the abrahamic faith preach humility they want you to sumbit to their version of god when your boss says it he wants you to become his good worker
this form of humility where you empty your soul how do you not become a brainwahsed slave
Search of something , that something is nothing
God is very clever, to think he would create atheism to promote humility.
Interesting that nirvana and enlightenment are confused when expressed by men. Nirvana is the state of inner peace, it can create an awareness of enlightenment but being aware of God does not require nirvana only enlightenment.
Also enlightenment leads to nirvana but not necessarily the other way around as demonstrated in religions, monks may develop inner peace but not know the depth and length of tao.
🕉 Tne story was inspiring and added a great lesson in life 👍
Thank you humble 🙏
HariOm ✌️
Humility & humbleness are the way to any learning process, may our CREATOR, guide us to the right path
:) “I AM” 😉
it helped me to know that now i also have to make my cup of tea empty and I m gonna learn my skill with empty cup mind... thank you for showing the right path.
This is not right. The boy already knew the most important principles in spiritual advancements. The Zen master wants the boy to go rather in his own discipline, beliefs. Offering cup of tea was apparently a trap to confuse him and see his own way. Zen master does not convey his beliefs and enlightenment if any. In Zen buddhism and in other eastern traditions, there is element of ego, judgments, dogmas, "my way is the only right way". All the boy needs to do is to practice and experience the principles he already absorbed. (I practice deep meditations past 20 years)
Good point there. I thought the same thing
If I drink that much tea I would have to urinate a whole bunch.
Powerful video and lesson. Thank you very much for sharing this. ❤
Thank you from Norway🙏
The voice sounds fake
Random story...the truth is...yes,the cup(mind) needs to be emptied.Humility is definitely a prerequisite.
.Not to put new material( theories about this/ that/zen) but to just "be"
Hard to just “be” with the world trying to constantly influence us. Sometimes forcefully.
Jesus is the answer.
Responding to the notes in the description: embracing the present moment is not part of the Buddha's teaching. This idea derives from a very modern concept originating in the 1960s, and is listed in the book "Fake Buddha Quotes" by the Buddhist scholar Bodhipaksa. If you read verse 348 of the Dhammapada, the Buddha actually teaches us not to be attached to any aspect of time, specifically mentioning "the present." It's curious how this simple teaching has bypassed modern audiences as has filtered into mainstream culture and some sort of New Age indicator of an awakened person, right along with "not judging" and "not thinking".
Thanks!
What a bunch of nonsense. First the old man asks the kid a direct question and then he scolds him for answering it; I would have sticked my middle at the man.
I'm not saying humility it's not a virtue, but If the sage was really that smart he wouldn't have put the would-be-disciple in an uncomfortable spot in the first place.
And finally, having an open mind is important, but being mindless is not. People "accumulate" experience during their lifetime, so it is only natural that you try to make sense of the world by comparing something new that you want to learn with your background knowledge.
You need to drink more tea.
An empty cup in spirituality does not mean humility; it means utterly letting go, self-emptying, so spiritual Light-Energy can fill the cup and en-Light-en the disciple.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning how to dance in the rain.”
And they all lived happily ever after... Exercises in "self" usually are very shallow like this really weak story. So enlightened was the master that he told the kid HOW to drink his tea which is controlling not enlightenment. One star out of charitably for Zen aloneness.
Very interesting comment . Missed the true focus of the story completely. Recently I have realized that humans have turned into lemmings, following each other over the cliff.😊
@@afshanbaig2461 and the true focus of the story is? Man enlightens man while telling him how to drink his tea is my takeaway. Even if it's a metaphor it's man following man. Talk about walking off a cliff..
@@afshanbaig2461 twice the story tells us that Kojee was EVEN meditating! OMG! He must be super committed to enlightenment if he was EVEN meditating! What a good boy he is!! Talk about lemmings..
The point I am trying to make is to look beyond the superficial. By criticizing we are again demonstrating that we know better and that is exactly the point of the story that if you know better then there is no room to learn anything new. That applies when are approaching any issue if we already know then why even seek an expert.
@@afshanbaig2461 promoting open mindedness is a virtue. Promoting peace and harmony is also a virtue. Man turning to man for answers to the big questions in life is a false errand... I would encourage you and your friends to be open minded as well. Living in harmony doesn't answer any questions like, why am I hear? Is there a plan for my life? A creator? Is there an afterlife? Was the founding of my country divinely inspired? Are you Zen boys tackling those issues?
Words and thoughts are like rope. The more you use them, the more entangled you get.
Good story
Thank you
Thank you
As a zen teacher (you know those guys with shaven-heads that devote their life to meditation) I would say that I am overwhelmed by this highly-fullfilled-&-touchy/touchy-zenbullshit...! Have a good day, of course.
Open mind
The ultimate in humility and enlightenment is developing a severe, life threatening, incurable disease in your early 20s. A disease with poor medical treatment and marked by extreme pain and often deformity eventually. Then you rwlaize dirty dishes mean nothing. Taking your child to the park is the right choice. Living each day as thouygh it is your last is the right choice. Loving everything and being extremely grateful for days without as much pain becomes your mindset. No one without this experience can truly be humble or enlightened. health is everything. material goods matter little, but whatever you have, be grateful for it. help others whenever you can. be a good person who contributes to the world in beautiful or positive ways whenever possible. Above all, compassion for others becomes second nature. Your own pain changes you and nothing really matters but the things money can't buy. peace, painless existence, love, loyalty, compassion, honesty. Everything else is just ego.
was this written by AI?
I think so. The video description seems to be even more In the recent AI GPT style. Definitely a strategy many are using to make RUclips content
An empty mind is ready to receive. There are no “masters” on the seekers path, only travelers. Sometimes, to move forward, you must bring someone forward and then the student becomes the teacher. There is only truth and humbleness. True humbleness means that you will not bow down to a master but neither will you allow the lowliest beggar to bow down before you.
“If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then come, follow me.”
The miracle of mindfulness, just be, still. No thought. The present is a gift. 🎁
Beautiful. I listened at 0.75 speed and it was quite hypnotic. I love this old Zen tale
That silence before Buddhist monks speak after you say/ask something is mad scary 😅
😂 They mean well, but they seem intent on embarrassing their seekers with their puzzles and tricky questions, lol
I'm glad I found this video!!! Thank You!
Reach out your hand, if your cup be empty
If your cup is full, may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men
I've learn over the years when asked, "what do you know", the best response is: not nearly enough!
Very Timely for me. Thank you
Love this great way to teach… ❤
Being a zen master beats working for a living..
Budda: probably
oh, dont just do something. Sit there!
Im curious why when asked, that Koji simply didnt reiterate that he was there BECAUSE he knew very little of Zen
enlightenment......
interesting.
Zen= 0 ,,,,,,,,,open your eyes ,,,,,1
This same thing was shown in the Movie 2012. High in the mountains of China. The young monk and his teacher. Having tea.
What is the movie name?
A simple lesson but we'll received. Thank you
There is a huge differeance between belief and knowledge. Of someone tells you something (or you read it is a book, see on TV or the internet) you can only believe it or disbelieve it. Knowledge comes from experiencing it yourself. When you confuse the two, there is the problem.
I AM, I AM
A men.
Mary, measuring.
Me as u ring in G.
Kneel to trace picture children.
G is an incomplete whole with one square angle drawn in Earth.
O is a whole measure.
D is a split whole with two square angles drawn in Earth.
Sacrificed, Holy measured.
Me as u red.
"As Koji drank more tea he noticed something strange happening"
He pissed himself?
"the cups seems to fill up and overthrow"
yeah that too
Everyone using these garbage AI images for their thumbnail. Literally no effort in today's shit.
Thank you for sharing bless you infinitely 💎💎💎:)
It’s a lifestory ánd a lovestory .
Enlightenment is not a mindset. It's a physical condition where your body is purified of toxins, your electricity is very high and you can see a real light in your head. This is caused by your vagus filling with electricity in a state of calm. It then charges up your pituitary and discharges onto the pineal. You'll see a bright flash of light. Then when pineal awakens you'll see a ball of light it will condense overtime. Then it will discharge onto the cerebellum and you see speck light stars in your head eyes closed. You see the pineal when it awakens from it's degeneracy it will produce a large magnetic field. That field breaches the aether/heaven/4th dimension and manifests light. Photons don't exist atomists are a cult. Shoot light through a piece of glass in a vacuum maybe u figure it out. Drink distilled water eat just fruit, fast, ground, breath deeply. Fastest way to build a foundation.
3:18 the voiceover says "I have athered knowledge" when the subtitles say "I have authored knowledge". Does this mean the voiceover is AI?! Wow, it fooled me. I thought it was a real human voice!
I wouldn't spill that cultured Tea to make a Point. Sorry, that just how I feel.
Master is not good coz..
The student was eager to learn about enlightenment..when he start to study about ..and explains what he knew..master become jealous.
Enlightenment can be acheived through devotion, work and through wisdom.
Budhhist ideo came from land of India. And Buddha learned it from ancient yoga tecniques.. see people cannot achieve anything in reality. They came in to world naked they go out with empty hands ..thats the key point . Spiritual life is important. If u belive in life after death.
A peaceful story 😶