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- No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special. — Kodo Sawaki
- Zen is not a particular state but the normal state: silent, peaceful, unagitated. In Zazen neither intention, analysis, specific effort nor imagination… — Taisen Deshimaru
- So it is not a matter of whether it is possible to attain Buddhahood, or if it is possible to make a… — Shunryu Suzuki
- Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than… — Shunryu Suzuki
- In the zazen posture, your mind and body have, great power to accept things as they are, whether agreeable or disagreeable. — Shunryu Suzuki
- The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking;… — Shunryu Suzuki
- When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your… — Shunryu Suzuki
- Know that the true dharma emerges of itself [during the practice of zazen], clearing away hindrances and distractions. — Dogen
- The zazen I speak of is not learning meditation. It is simply the Dharma gate of repose and bliss, the practice-realization of… — Dogen
- We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely… — Kodo Sawaki
- Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen. — Shunryu Suzuki
- If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of… — Shunryu Suzuki