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> [Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/because-we-cannot-accept-the-truth-of-transience-we-suffer/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/to-accept-some-idea-of-truth-without-experiencing-it-is-like-a/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-most-important-point-is-to-accept-yourself-and-stand-on-your-two/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-more-you-practice-zazen-the-more-you-will-be-able-to-accept/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-your-big-mind-everything-has-the-same-value-in-your-practice-you/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accepting_in-your-big-mind-everything-has-the-same_1492591.png)

> [In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-the-zazen-posture-your-mind-and-body-have-great-power-to-accept/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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> [Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/without-accepting-the-fact-that-everything-changes-we-cannot-find/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c34/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accepting_without-accepting-the-fact-that-everythi_642937.png)

> [The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-mind-of-the-beginner-is-empty-free-of-the-habits-of-the-experts/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06c/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accepting_the-mind-of-the-beginner-is-empty-free-o_517269.png)

> [When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/when-you-accept-everything-everything-is-beyond-dimensions-the-earth/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accept_when-you-accept-everything-everything-is_2172282.jpg)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-practice-of-zen-mind-is-beginner-s-mind-the-innocence-of-the/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accepting_the-practice-of-zen-mind-is-beginner-s-m_2745581.jpg)

> [It is only by practicing through a continual succession of agreeable and disagreeable situations that we acquire true strengths. To accept that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/it-is-only-by-practicing-through-a-continual-succession-of-agreeable/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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## Other authors on Accepting

## More by Shunryu Suzuki

> [The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-point-we-emphasize-is-strong-confidence-in-our-original-nature/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/if-you-continue-this-simple-practice-every-day-you-will-obtain-some/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/you-want-to-eliminate-your-evil-desires-in-order-to-reveal-your/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-physical-reality-the-ego-is/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-the-beginner-s-mind-there-are-many-possibilities-in-the-experts/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-seed-has-no-idea-of-being-some-particular-plant-but-it-has-its/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/whereever-you-are-you-are-one-with-the-clouds-and-one-with-the-sun/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/when-we-become-truly-ourselves-we-just-become-a-swinging-door-and-we/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/zen-is-not-some-fancy-special-art-of-living-our-teaching-is-just-to/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/so-the-secret-is-just-to-say-yes-and-jump-off-from-here-then-there-is/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/our-tendency-is-to-be-interested-in-something-that-is-growing-in-the/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [The world is its own magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-world-is-its-own-magic/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/people-say-that-practicing-zen-is-difficult-but-there-is-a/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/each-one-of-us-must-make-his-own-true-way-and-when-we-do-that-way/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

> [The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-purpose-of-our-practice-is-just-to-be-yourself/)

[Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/)

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