The Zen teacher told the student that he can leave after he has a cup of tea. The student agreed. The teacher got him a cup and started pouring tea.. and poured more and poured more.. the little cup couldn't take the big kettle's content and started overflowing (What a waste of tea!).
The student said "Master,the little cup cannot take this much tea..stop". The Master replied "Yes. You must empty the cup before I pour more"
The short story is meant to illustrate that most of the time our mind is not empty. We know a lot of stuff and we think we know a lot of stuff.
When someone talks about Africa we think we know everything. When someone talks about Gandhi we know a lot .
Unless we empty our mind we cannot learn.
We ask kids to study. They also learn.
There is a big difference and kids know that they can learn because their mind is empty and they know it. Adults study a lot from books from the world (and from useless blogs like mine) and still don't learn.
We ask kids to do home work . What the kids need to do is home learning. What adults need to do is learn along with the kids.
These are my 2 favorite Quotes from Albert Einstein
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Happy Learning
Sivakumar Manikanteswaran
The student said "Master,the little cup cannot take this much tea..stop". The Master replied "Yes. You must empty the cup before I pour more"
The short story is meant to illustrate that most of the time our mind is not empty. We know a lot of stuff and we think we know a lot of stuff.
When someone talks about Africa we think we know everything. When someone talks about Gandhi we know a lot .
Unless we empty our mind we cannot learn.
We ask kids to study. They also learn.
There is a big difference and kids know that they can learn because their mind is empty and they know it. Adults study a lot from books from the world (and from useless blogs like mine) and still don't learn.
We ask kids to do home work . What the kids need to do is home learning. What adults need to do is learn along with the kids.
These are my 2 favorite Quotes from Albert Einstein
I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
Happy Learning
Sivakumar Manikanteswaran
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