I found this article on a wing chun site, though it made a lot of sence.
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so you want to drink my tea?
by Zopa Gyatso
An old Zen story teaches that when an intelligent person requests knowledge from a Zen master, he must empty his cup before he can taste the master's cup of tea (knowledge). I like these tea cup stories! Here's my Tibetan Buddhist expansion on the old Zen story of the "too full cup".
There seems to be more to the tea story - there are levels and levels to some things, eh? And, those on one level may not see or know of the existence of others! Actually when anyone (intelligent or experienced or otherwise) requests knowledge from a master they must empty the cup - but there is more to the situation than just the cup! There are many different properties of: cups; tea; tea pots; and, those offering them.
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See http://www.webwingchun.com/html/home.php?pagelink=tea for the full article
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===
so you want to drink my tea?
by Zopa Gyatso
An old Zen story teaches that when an intelligent person requests knowledge from a Zen master, he must empty his cup before he can taste the master's cup of tea (knowledge). I like these tea cup stories! Here's my Tibetan Buddhist expansion on the old Zen story of the "too full cup".
There seems to be more to the tea story - there are levels and levels to some things, eh? And, those on one level may not see or know of the existence of others! Actually when anyone (intelligent or experienced or otherwise) requests knowledge from a master they must empty the cup - but there is more to the situation than just the cup! There are many different properties of: cups; tea; tea pots; and, those offering them.
....
See http://www.webwingchun.com/html/home.php?pagelink=tea for the full article
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