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 Image
Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Usually when someone believes in a particular religion, his attitude becomes more and more a sharp angle pointing away from himself. In… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own way, and you should know what kind of 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
The way that helps will not be the same; it changes according to the situation. — 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
“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
When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different,… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people… — 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
The best way to control cow and sheep is to give them a big grazing field. — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Those who can sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen, the actual feeling of Zen,… — 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.” — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others...before you make your own way you cannot help… — 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
“Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature. That is our practice.” — 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
The teaching which is written on paper is not the true teaching. Written teaching is a kind of food for your brain.… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything. So when you try hard to make your own… — 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
