Shunryu Suzuki Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Zen is not some fancy, special art of living. Our teaching is just to live, always in reality, in its exact sense. To make our effort, moment after moment, is our way.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Art, Teaching, Reality

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.77, Shambhala Publications

• Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Fashion, Art, Mean

• For Zen students a weed is a treasure. With this attitude, whatever you do, life becomes an art.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Weed, Art, Attitude

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.113, Shambhala Publications

• 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 though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, "I know what Zen is," or "I have attained enlightenment." This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Be very very careful about this point. If you start to practice zazen, you will begin to appreciate your beginner's mind. It is the secret of Zen practice.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Art, Real, Practice

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