BEGINNER’S MIND “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few.”

Because he is just himself, he is a mirror for his students. When we are with him we feel our own strengths and shortcomings without any sense of praise or criticism from him. In his presence we see our original face, and the extraordinariness we see is only our own true nature.

Then we can really learn something. The beginner’s mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.

moment is enough.

on an idea of human beings as a combination of spiritual and physical elements. They thought that the physical side of man bound the spiritual

We can say either that we make progress little by little, or that we do not even expect to make progress. Just to be sincere and make our full effort in each

In the beginner’s mind there is no thought, “I have attained something.” All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of achievement, no thought of self, we are true beginners.

We are in the center of the world always, moment after moment. So we are completely dependent and independent.

So in activity there should be calmness, and in calmness there should be activity. Calmness and activity are not different.