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Moments Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
- When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free.
- There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.
- When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.
- Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our…
- When you live completely in each moment, without expecting anything, you have no idea of time.
- 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…
- 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…
- There is no connection between I myself yesterday and I myself in this moment
- We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to…
- Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.
- When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity…
- Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help…
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