“Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is… — 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
The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thirsty. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Our effort in our practice should be directed from achievement to non-achievement.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In other restless positions you have no power to accept your difficulties, but in the zazen posture which you have acquired by… — 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
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
Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless,… — 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
“You do not say, “This is enlightenment,” or “That is not right practice.” Even in wrong practice, when you realize it and… — 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 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
The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“and you will become friendly with others. This is the merit of Zen practice. But the way of practice is just to… — 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
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
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
Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
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
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
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
“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
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
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
People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share
