“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
You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“It will take quite a long time before you find your calm, serene mind in your practice.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Our effort in our practice should be directed from achievement to non-achievement.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice. — 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
“In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Just continue in your calm, ordinary practice and your character will be built up.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“So even though you have some difficulty in your practice, even though you have some waves while you are sitting, those waves… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future.… — 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,… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Actually we do not have any particular name for our practice; when we practice zazen we just practice it, and whether we… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“But if you make your best effort just to continue your practice with your whole mind and body, without gaining ideas, then… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In Hinayana Buddhism, practice is classified in four ways. The best way is just to do it without having any joy in… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in… — 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
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
The secret of Soto Zen is just two words: not always so… In Japanese, it's two words, three words in English. That… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own way, and you should know what kind of practice… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In zazen practice we say your mind should be concentrated on your breathing, but the way to keep your mind on your… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“But do not give up your practice; continue it, knowing your weakness.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“You should rather be grateful for the weeds, because eventually they will enrich your practice.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“It is when your practice is rather greedy that you become discouraged with it.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can… — 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
If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of… — 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
“But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Let your ears hear without trying to hear. Let the mind think without trying to think and without trying to stop it.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to… — 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
