Shoshin, beginner’s mind, is the attitude of a student who approaches each moment fresh, without the assumptions of the expert. Shunryu Suzuki’s Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind (1970) made the phrase famous, noting that the beginner sees many possibilities and the expert few.
Beginner’s mind
Shoshin: the open, eager attitude free of preconceptions that Zen asks the practitioner to keep.
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