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The Useful Empty
by The Useful Empty
Short, calm reflections on Taoist, Zen, and Buddhist wisdom for dads running on empty. theusefulempty.substack.com
Episodes
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The Second Arrow
There is an old Buddhist teaching, from a discourse called the Sallatha Sutta, sometimes called the Discourse on the Arrow. Life shoots an arrow at you, and you feel it. That is the first arrow. Pain. Trouble. A day that goes sideways. No one gets through life without taking a few. But most of us...
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Empty Your Cup
There is an old Zen story, told in the collection Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. A university professor visits a Zen master named Nan-in because he wants to learn about Zen. Nan-in pours tea. He fills the professor’s cup, and then he keeps pouring. Tea spills over the edge. It runs down the sides, across...
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Beginner’s Mind
Today’s idea comes from a Zen teacher named Shunryu Suzuki, who brought Zen practice from Japan to America in the nineteen sixties. In his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, he wrote a line that people have been quoting ever since. In the mind of a beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind...
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The Useless Tree
Episode 3 of The Useful Empty — a short, calm reflection on Zhuangzi's parable of the useless tree. The tree that was good for nothing outlasted them all: sometimes being 'useless' is the safest thing to be. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...
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Be Like Water
Episode 2 of The Useful Empty — a short, calm reflection on Tao Te Ching, Chapter 8: be like water. The highest good flows around every obstacle, giving to all without striving. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes…
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The Usefulness of Empty
Episode 1 of The Useful Empty — a short, calm reflection on Tao Te Ching, Chapter 11: the usefulness of emptiness. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...
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Short, calm reflections on Taoist, Zen, and Buddhist wisdom for dads running on empty.
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