In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Actually the best way to relieve your mental suffering is to sit in zazen, even in such a confused state of mind… — 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
When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right way. But… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable. In… — 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
You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it. In order… — 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
Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body. — 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
“Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, “I know… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking;… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When you do something, if you fix your mind on the activity with some confidence, the quality of your state of mind… — 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
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
“Even in zazen you will lose yourself. When you become sleepy, or when your mind starts to wander about, you lose yourself.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Meditation opens the mind to the greatest mystery that takes place daily and hourly; it widens the heart so that it may… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also… — 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
