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True Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
- Happiness is sorrow; sorrow is happiness. There is happiness in difficulty; difficulty in happiness. Even though the ways we feel are different, they are not…
- Those who sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen.
- The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thursty.
- In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there is no thought, 'I have…
- It is only by practicing through a continual succession of agreeable and disagreeable situations that we acquire true strengths. To accept that pain is inherent…
- You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget…
- The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it…
- So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a tile a jewel.…
- Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there…
- It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.
- In the beginner's mind there is no thought, "I have attained something." All self-centered thoughts limit our vast mind. When we have no thought of…
- The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step…
- True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.
- Each of us must make our own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.
- 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…
- If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts,…
- Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept…
- If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,…
- Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That…
- While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything…
- 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…
- The true purpose is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.
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- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
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- Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
- Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is… — Richard Bach
- Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong
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