Being there Quote by Shunryu Suzuki

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.

— Shunryu Suzuki

“Actually we do not have any particular name for our practice; when we practice zazen we just practice it, and whether we find joy…

— Shunryu Suzuki

The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.

— Shunryu Suzuki

Do not make this practice a source of pressure, compulsion, anxiety or pride. It is none of these. Zazen is simply a way to…

— Brenda Shoshanna

“Each moment of zazen is equally wholeness of practice, equally wholeness of realization. This is not only practice while sitting, it is like a…

— Dogen

“But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.”

— Shunryu Suzuki

Zazen is an activity that is an extension of the universe. Zazen is not the life of an individual, it's the universe that's breathing.

— Dogen

“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is…

— Katsuki Sekida

“This form of meditation requires us to remain in the moment that we are currently experiencing. We are to observe thoughts, senses, and emotions,…

— Ian Tuhovsky

Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind.

— Frederick Lenz

The uniqueness of zazen lies in this: that the mind is freed from bondage to all thought forms, visions, objects, and imaginings, however sacred…

— Philip Kapleau

“Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or…

— Shunryu Suzuki