"We do not slight the idea of enlightenment,……" — Shunryu Suzuki
"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 make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice."
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131 Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
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The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thursty.
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.... In the beginner's mind there…
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When my master and I were walking in the rain, he would say, 'Do not walk so fast, the rain…
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When we have our body and mind in order, everything else will exist in the right place, in the right…
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