Beginner's Mind: Trying to Learn Something about Obesity

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Stunkard, Albert J.
Copyright Year	1991
Abstract	An annual meeting is an occasion in our busy lives for a moment of reflection-a time to consider what has been passed on to us from our predecessors and what we will pass on to those who follow us. 1 For me, it is a time to remember my teachers, and one in particular-Shunryu Suzuki. Shunryu Suzuki was a slight, self-effacing Japanese man with a beautiful smile. He lived in San Francisco for 13 years, where he established a Zen Buddhist community. He did it without seeming to do anything-just by being a gently smiling person who made people feel good about themselves and want to do better than they had ever done. Suzuki-roshi used to talk about "beginner's mind," an idea that expressed his teaching. What is "beginner's mind?" Suzuki rarely mentioned it in his only book, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, (1) and he did not define it. Here is what he wrote about it:
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