The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“If you want to discover the true meaning of Zen in your everyday life, you have to understand the meaning of keeping… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Christopher McCandless:"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the… — 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
Because all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state… — 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
A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it…In this way our… — 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… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The teaching which is written on paper is not the true teaching. Written teaching is a kind of food for your brain.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience… — 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.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In your everyday life you always have opportunities for enlightenment. If you go to the rest room, there is a chance to… — 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.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“To die is more important than trying to be alive. When we try to be alive, we have trouble. Rather than trying… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience… — 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
