--- title: "22 Should Quotes By Shunryu Suzuki" description: "22 Should quotes by Shunryu Suzuki. Plus more from Shunryu Suzuki and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_include_in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should_2417609.png" --- > [In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should-include-ourselves/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_include_in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should_2417609.png) > [Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-the-past-just-like-the-flowers/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/shunryu-suzuki-1280_flower_our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-t_2948312.png) > [When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yourself-up-completely-like-a/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bonfire_when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yo_2004271.png) > [There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/there-should-not-be-any-particular-teaching-teaching-is-in-each-moment/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/shunryu-suzuki-1280_education_there-should-not-be-any-particular-teach_1157563.png) > [You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/you-should-rather-be-grateful-for-the-weeds-you-have-in-your-mind/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c54/shunryu-suzuki-1280_be-grateful_you-should-rather-be-grateful-for-the-we_1190218.png) > [If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/if-you-want-to-enjoy-the-movie-you-should-know-that-it-is-the/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/555/shunryu-suzuki-1280_cinema_if-you-want-to-enjoy-the-movie-you-shoul_2205112.png) > [In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-your-big-mind-everything-has-the-same-value-in-your-practice-you/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/223/shunryu-suzuki-1280_accepting_in-your-big-mind-everything-has-the-same_1492591.png) > [Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/bowing-is-a-very-serious-practice-you-should-be-prepared-to-bow-even/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/149/shunryu-suzuki-1280_arrow_bowing-is-a-very-serious-practice-you-sh_3155969.png) > [To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/to-have-some-deep-feeling-about-buddhism-is-not-the-point-we-just-do/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/839/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bed_to-have-some-deep-feeling-about-buddhism_842667.png) > [Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/our-practice-should-be-based-on-the-ideal-of-selflessness/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84e/shunryu-suzuki-1280_difficult_our-practice-should-be-based-on-the-idea_1001601.png) > [Real Freedom is to not feel limited when wearing this Zen robe, this troublesome formal robe. Similarly, in our busy life we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/real-freedom-is-to-not-feel-limited-when-wearing-this-zen-robe-this/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bothered_real-freedom-is-to-not-feel-limited-when_2814650.jpg) > [To cook is not just to prepare food for someone or to cook for yourself; it is to express your sincerity. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/to-cook-is-not-just-to-prepare-food-for-someone-or-to-cook-for/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/shunryu-suzuki-1280_activity_to-cook-is-not-just-to-prepare-food-for_2034212.png) > [A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it…In this way our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/a-flower-falls-even-though-we-love-it-and-a-weed-grows-even-though-we/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/shunryu-suzuki-1280_fall_a-flower-falls-even-though-we-love-it-an_1506850.png) > [You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it. In order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/you-should-not-have-any-remains-after-you-do-something-but-this-does/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/shunryu-suzuki-1280_body_you-should-not-have-any-remains-after-yo_1931637.jpg) > [If enlightenment comes first, before thinking, before practice, your thinking and your practice will not be self-centered. By enlightenment I mean believing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/if-enlightenment-comes-first-before-thinking-before-practice-your/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_activity_if-enlightenment-comes-first-before-thin_2424213.jpg) > [ You see something or hear a sound, and there you have everything just as it is. \[...\] Whatever you do, it should… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/you-see-something-or-hear-a-sound-and-there-you-have-everything-just/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/693/shunryu-suzuki-1280_appreciate_you-see-something-or-hear-a-sound-and-th_2999109.png) > [And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/and-we-should-forget-day-by-day-what-we-have-done-this-is-true-non/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/shunryu-suzuki-1280_alright_and-we-should-forget-day-by-day-what-we_2174800.jpg) > [In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-order-not-to-leave-any-traces-when-you-do-something-you-should-do-2/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/shunryu-suzuki-1280_body_in-order-not-to-leave-any-traces-when-yo_1586823.png) > [The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-purpose-of-studying-buddhism-is-not-to-study-buddhism-but-to-2/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0eb/shunryu-suzuki-1280_buddhism_the-purpose-of-studying-buddhism-is-not_2865603.jpg) > [So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/so-the-most-difficult-thing-is-always-to-keep-your-beginner-s-mind/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/shunryu-suzuki-1280_appreciate_so-the-most-difficult-thing-is-always-to_273178.jpg) > [We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/we-should-not-be-just-a-fan-of-dragons-we-should-always-be-the-dragon/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/947/shunryu-suzuki-1280_dragon_we-should-not-be-just-a-fan-of-dragons-w_328660.jpg) > [If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/if-you-want-to-study-zen-you-should-forget-all-your-previous-ideas/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/shunryu-suzuki-1280_forget_if-you-want-to-study-zen-you-should-forg_2886591.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Shunryu Suzuki > [The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-point-we-emphasize-is-strong-confidence-in-our-original-nature/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/if-you-continue-this-simple-practice-every-day-you-will-obtain-some/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/you-want-to-eliminate-your-evil-desires-in-order-to-reveal-your/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/ego-is-a-social-institution-with-no-physical-reality-the-ego-is/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [“In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the experts mind, there are few.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-the-beginner-s-mind-there-are-many-possibilities-in-the-experts/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-seed-has-no-idea-of-being-some-particular-plant-but-it-has-its/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/whereever-you-are-you-are-one-with-the-clouds-and-one-with-the-sun/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/when-we-become-truly-ourselves-we-just-become-a-swinging-door-and-we/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/zen-is-not-some-fancy-special-art-of-living-our-teaching-is-just-to/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/so-the-secret-is-just-to-say-yes-and-jump-off-from-here-then-there-is/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/our-tendency-is-to-be-interested-in-something-that-is-growing-in-the/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [The world is its own magic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-world-is-its-own-magic/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/people-say-that-practicing-zen-is-difficult-but-there-is-a/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/each-one-of-us-must-make-his-own-true-way-and-when-we-do-that-way/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) > [The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/the-purpose-of-our-practice-is-just-to-be-yourself/) [Shunryu Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shunryu-suzuki/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/shunryu-suzuki/#itemlist", "name": "22 Should Quotes By Shunryu Suzuki", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shunryu Suzuki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should-include-ourselves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_include_in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should_2417609.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_include_in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should_2417609.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/shunryu-suzuki-1280_include_in-reflecting-on-our-problems-we-should_2417609.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In reflecting on our problems, we should include ourselves.” — Shunryu Suzuki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shunryu Suzuki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-the-past-just-like-the-flowers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/shunryu-suzuki-1280_flower_our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-t_2948312.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/shunryu-suzuki-1280_flower_our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-t_2948312.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/035/shunryu-suzuki-1280_flower_our-mind-should-be-free-from-traces-of-t_2948312.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our mind should be free from traces of the past, just like the flowers of spring.” — Shunryu Suzuki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shunryu Suzuki" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shunryu-suzuki/when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yourself-up-completely-like-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bonfire_when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yo_2004271.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bonfire_when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yo_2004271.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b20/shunryu-suzuki-1280_bonfire_when-you-do-something-you-should-burn-yo_2004271.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of…” — Shunryu Suzuki", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There should not be any particular teaching. 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