Shoshin – Beginner’s Mind
Shoshin – Beginner’s Mind Shoshin is a Zen Buddhist concept introduced to me by Louis Patler, one of my teachers in graduate school. It means beginner’s mind. Beginner’s mind is the mental state of being open, receptive, eager, unafraid of failure, willingly naïve, devoid of preconceptions. Shunryu Suzuki writes in…