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Mean Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki

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Shunryu Suzuki offers a quiet, meditative lens on the sting of unkindness. Though the collection is short, each line invites you to pause and consider how harshness fits into the larger flow of life.

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So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be…

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To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.

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When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.

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The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with…

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Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the…

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In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you…

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In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich…

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When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your…

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If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing…

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You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it. In order…

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The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

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If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after…

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You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

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Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.

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“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.”

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The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground,…

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Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything.…

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When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon…

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“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…

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So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always…

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Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want…

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The world is its own magic.

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People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to…

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Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.

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The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.

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