“Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even… — 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
When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free. — 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.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The Zen way of calligraphy is to write in the most straightforward, simple way as if you were a beginner, not trying… — 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
There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life. — 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
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“To live in the realm of Buddha nature means to die as a small being, moment after moment.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time. — 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
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
There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“When you do things in the right way, at the right time, everything else will be organized.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the… — 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
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
