Empty the cup and you can fill up/ Vacía la taza y podrás llenarte [ENG/ESP]
Apart from cultivating love and goodness, we should try to develop our intellectual capacity in every situation to reach a clear understanding of what is going on.
During last week's meditation session, continuing with the outline I have been working on, I shared the following story, which refers to being filled with opinions and understandings that may or may not be correct, and how being filled with these do not allow us to receive more from those who may know more than we do and leave us without a possibility of further growth.
Today's story is about a well-studied teacher who goes in search of wisdom.
The professor arrived at the home of a Zen master and introduced himself by flaunting all the titles he had achieved in his long years of study. Afterwards, the professor commented on the reason for his visit, which was none other than to know the secrets of Zen wisdom.
The character was an accumulator of knowledge and his interest was not really in personal realization but in the growth of his ego.
Instead of giving him explanations, the master invited him to sit down and served him a cup of tea. He served and served more and more tea. When the cup overflowed, the sage, apparently distracted, kept pouring the tea so that the liquid spilled over the table, without ceasing.
The professor could not help noticing what was happening, and already in despair, he cried out impatiently:
What are you doing?! You don't realize that the cup is full, there is no more room for tea," he warned.
The teacher put the teapot aside to affirm:
You are like this cup, you came full of opinions and prejudices. Unless your cup is empty, you cannot learn anything.
This Buddhist story teaches us that with a mind full of prejudices it is impossible to learn and take into consideration new knowledge. We must "empty ourselves" of old precepts and be open to new teachings.
Aparte de cultivar el amor y la bondad, deberíamos intentar desarrollar en cada situación nuestra capacidad intelectual para alcanzar un claro entendimiento sobre lo que ocurre.
Durante la sesión de meditación de la semana pasada, continuando con el esquema que vengo manejando, compartí la siguiente historia, que hace referencia a estar colmado de opiniones y comprensiones que pueden ser acertadas o no, y como estar colmados con éstas no nos permiten recibir más de aquellos que puedan saber más que nosotros y dejarnos sin una posibilidad de crecimiento mayor.
La historia de hoy habla sobre un profesor muy estudiado que va en busca de la sabiduría.
El profesor llegó a la casa de un maestro Zen y se presentó haciendo alarde de todos los títulos que había conseguido en sus largos años de estudio. Después, el profesor comentó el motivo de su visita, que no era otro que conocer los secretos de la sabiduría Zen.
El personaje era un acumulador de conocimiento y su interés no era realmente por la realización personal sino por el crecimiento de su ego.
En lugar de darle explicaciones, el maestro le invitó a sentarse y le sirvió una taza de té. Servía y servía cada vez más té. Cuando la taza rebosó, el sabio, aparentemente distraído, siguió vertiendo la infusión de manera que el líquido se derramaba por la mesa, sin cesar.
El profesor no pudo evitar notar lo que ocurría y ya desesperado, ha gritado impaciente:
¡¿Qué haces?! No te das cuenta que la taza está llena, ya no cabe más té - le advirtió.
El maestro dejó la tetera a un lado para afirmar:
Usted es como esta taza, llegó colmado de opiniones y prejuicios. A menos que su taza esté vacía, no podrá aprender nada.
Este relato budistas nos enseña que con una mente llena de prejucios es imposible aprender y tomar en consideración nuevos conocimientos. Es necesario “vaciarnos” de viejos preceptos y estar abiertos a nuevas enseñanzas.
Soy Julio Cesar Arvelo, practicante y enseñante de Ashtanga Yoga y Meditación.
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So much incredible learning in cups and tea. 😍 Beautiful learnings. Takes the whole tea ceremony idea from a mere cultural idea into sacred medicine & healing.
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I love this story of the cup - I've heard it before. Thanks for sharing - I do love these parables and teachings!