If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few.

The practice of Zen mind is beginner’s mind. The innocence of the first inquiry — what am I? — is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything.

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few. — Shunryu

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's mind there are few.

Every expert was once a beginner.

Be humble: “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities,” said Zen monk Shunryu Suzuki. “In the expert’s mind, there are few

The experience of being empty, uncluttered by memories and expectations; it is like the happiness of open spaces, of being young, of having all the time and energy for doing things, for discovery, for adventure.

The Buddhists have a phrase for this — “Beginner’s Mind” — expressing how experience can be more vivid when it’s not dulled by familiarity.

La mente del principiante tiene muchas posibilidades, la del experto sólo unas pocas. SHUNRYU SUZUKI, MAESTRO ZEN

a beginner’s mind.” Remember that your mind is like a parachute — it only works when it’s open.

The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.

Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.

Age doesn't matter: an open mind does.