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It's about beginners mind, which is the idea that there are more possibilities when you approach things with a fresh perspective, rather than an expert perspective.
And we were we called it beginners mind that was the last last night we had a info session for our upcoming teacher training program and he joined us and we were talking about beginners mind which is...
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It's about beginners mind, which is the idea that there are more possibilities when you approach things with a fresh perspective, rather than an expert perspective.
And we were we called it beginners mind that was the last last night we had a info session for our upcoming teacher training program and he joined us and we were talking about beginners mind which is you know I think you know is from the Zen tradition and it was a book by Suzuki Roshi a very famous early book in the iteration of Buddhism in the West called Zen mind beginners mind in the experts mind there are few possibilities in the beginners mind there are many
Episode: Ethan Nichtern, 'The Dharma of The Princess Bride'
The book by Suzuki was referenced when discussing the concept of 'not knowing,' specifically mentioning that Suzuki used the term 'beginners mind' in English.
before knowing or not knowing or and I believe uh Suzuki Rochi that was his term beginners mind um he wrote a book called Zen mind exactly yeah.
Episode: Ethan Nichtern, 'The Dharma of The Princess Bride'
This book was mentioned in relation to the term 'beginners mind,' which the speaker thought Shunryu Suzuki was the first to say in English.
and I believe uh Suzuki Rochi that was his term beginners mind um he wrote a book called Zen mind exactly yeah.
Episode: Rep. Tim Ryan, Teaching Congress to Meditate
Tim Ryan sought out this book after seeing it listed in Phil Jackson's 'Sacred Hoops' as an influence on Jackson.
he had books that influenced him that he put in sacred hoops book and it was zen minds beginners mind
so i went out got that he had a couple others in there that i went out and then bought those and started reading those and it just evolved
