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Some Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
- Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
- Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in that…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with…
- The teaching which is written on paper is not the true teaching. Written teaching is a kind of food for your brain. Of course it…
- Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.
- To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed.…
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