“Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature. That is our practice.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“To live in the realm of Buddha nature means to die as a small being, moment after moment.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The Zen way of calligraphy is to write in the most straightforward, simple way as if you were a beginner, not trying… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Faith is a state of openness or trust...In other words, a person who is fanatic in matters of religion, and clings to… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away? — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground,… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
