So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few. — 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
In the beginner's mind there is no thought, "I have attained something." All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless. — 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
The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature. — 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 Image
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 Image
Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.” — 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 the ground,… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
