In my upcoming book, The Competitive Buddha, there is a section filled with Zen stories that will help up your game in sports, leadership and life. Here is one of my favorites, A CUP OF TEA.
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 lesson from this story is about the importance of being open-minded. How and why is this relevant to sports and your life?
Perhaps you have a different interpretation on that story. Why and how is that relevant to you?
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