Attitude Quote by Frederick Lenz

So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind. There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen. Even…

— Shunryu Suzuki

The practice of Zen mind is beginner's mind. The innocence of the first inquiry—what am I?—is needed throughout Zen practice. The mind of the…

— Shunryu Suzuki

“Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, “I know what Zen…

— Shunryu Suzuki

If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you…

— Shunryu Suzuki

“We cannot learn if we are stuck in our mind’s conditioned way of thinking. We must be open to discovering the Truth, whatever it…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Zen is a kind of unlearning. It teaches you how to drop that which you have learned, how to become unskillful again, how to…

— Rajneesh

Zen taught me how to pay attention, how to delve, how to question and enter, how to stay with -- or at least want…

— Jane Hirshfield

There is a beautiful flow to the study of Zen. If it is not making you happier, then you are not practicing correctly.

— Frederick Lenz

In Zen you practice zazen, mindfulness and other forms of introspection to find out who you are and what you want, to balance your…

— Frederick Lenz

To be a good Zen Buddhist it is not enough to follow the teaching of its founder; we have to experience the Buddha's experience.

— D.T. Suzuki

The way of Zen is to become independent and strong. Don't rely on others for perceptions of life and truth. Do it individually. Go…

— Frederick Lenz

Zen practice is about not getting high on anything and in so doing getting high on absolutely everything. We then find that everything we…

— Brad Warner