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
We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment. — 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
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
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
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
When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. — 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
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
To cook is not just to prepare food for someone or to cook for yourself; it is to express your sincerity. So… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Real Freedom is to not feel limited when wearing this Zen robe, this troublesome formal robe. Similarly, in our busy life we… — 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
If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen,… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and… — 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
You see something or hear a sound, and there you have everything just as it is. [...] Whatever you do, it should… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To… — 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
If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the… — 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
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