6 Myths We Live By Quotes

“There is a common instruction given by Buddhist teachers to students attending their classes. We are told not to be like a jug that is upside-down, has a hole in it, or is dirty. The analogy here is that an upside-down jug is completely closed off to listening to new ideas. The jug with a hole in it is the person who listens but retains none of the information; they may be too distracted to have any of the ideas sink in. The third analogy, the dirty jug, is the person so filled up with their own ideas and concepts that they criticize the ideas they are hearing or change them to fit their preconceived theories.”
― Karuna Cayton, 6 Myths We Live By: And How to Overcome Them