Best Shunryu Suzuki Sayings
- When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time. Completely
- Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!" Cancer
- Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything! Food
- Big mind is something to express, not something to figure out. Big mind is something you have, not something to seek for. Big
- Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. Ears
- It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness. Activity
- Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen. Activity
- If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have… All
- In Japan we have the phrase, "Shoshin," which means "beginner's mind." Our "original mind" includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient within… Always Ready
- Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. Accept
- To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. Control
- As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists… Cannot Really
- Even though you have pain in your legs, you can do it. Even though your practice is not good enough, you can do it. Good
- As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. Inspirational
- If your practice is good, you may become proud of it. What you do is good, but something more is added to it. Pride is… Added
- To cook is not just to prepare food for someone or to cook for yourself; it is to express your sincerity. So when you cook… Activity
- Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already… Based
- The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not… Attach
- Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity. Activity
- Discipline is creating the situation. Creating
- When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No… Big
- When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon everything. Become Truly
- If I tell you something, you will stick to it and limit your own capacity to find out for yourself. Capacity
- There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Deep
- There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it. Always Work
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