Shunryu Suzuki Quotes - Page 5

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• Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Individuality, Way, Universal

  "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice".

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• Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Life And Death, Facts, No Fear

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• Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little. It is not like going out in a shower in which you know when you get wet. In a fog, you do not know you are getting wet, but as you keep walking you get wet little by little. If your mind has ideas of progress, you may say, 'Oh, this pace is terrible!' But actually it is not. When you get wet in a fog it is very difficult to dry yourself.

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  Ideas, Fog, Mind

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.31, Shambhala Publications

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• Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.

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  Garden, Important, Growing

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• When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

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  Effort, Leaving, Should

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.47, Shambhala Publications

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• Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.

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• Real Freedom is to not feel limited when wearing this Zen robe, this troublesome formal robe. Similarly, in our busy life we should wear this civilization without being bothered by it, without ignoring it, without being caught by it.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Real, Civilization, Busy

  "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen". Book by Shunryū Suzuki. Chapter: "Not Always So", p. 95, 2002.

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• We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Dragons, Fans, Should

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• When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless, and the outer world is also limitless. We say "inner world" or "outer world" but actually, There is just one whole world.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Clouds, Air, Wind

  Shunryu Suzuki (2018). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice”, p.13, House of Majied Publications via PublishDrive

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• You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

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  Order, Evil, Desire

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• The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Strong, Originals

  Shunryu Suzuki (2018). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice”, p.28, House of Majied Publications via PublishDrive

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• Let your ears hear without trying to hear. Let the mind think without trying to think and without trying to stop it. That is practice.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Thinking, Practice, Mind

  Shunryu Suzuki (1999). “Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai”, p.32, Univ of California Press

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• In order not to leave any traces, when you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a good bonfire. You should not be a smoky fire. You should burn yourself completely. If you do not burn yourself completely, a trace of yourself will be left in what you do. You should not have any remains after you do something. But this does not mean to forget all about it.

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  Mean, Fire, Order

  "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind".

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• True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Communication, May, Way

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.78, Shambhala Publications

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• Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Expression, Practice, Growth

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.32, Shambhala Publications

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• There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  War

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• If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to observe the precepts, that is true observation of the precepts.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Trying, Observation, Ifs

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• If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Thinking, Two, Mind

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.7, Shambhala Publications

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• An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

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  Truth, Enlightenment, Doe

  Shunryu Suzuki, Mel Weitsman, Michael Wenger (1999). “Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai”, p.53, Univ of California Press

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• The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life - that it can't be much else.

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  Life Is, Difficulty, Acknowledge

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• When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon everything.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Independent, Doors, Dependent

  Shunryu Suzuki (2010). “Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind”, p.14, Shambhala Publications

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• Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

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  Preparing Food, About Yourself, Preparing

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• Someone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.

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  Flower, Meditation, Sitting

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• It is a big mistake to think that the best way to express yourself is to do whatever you want, acting as you please. This is not expressing yourself. If you know what to do exactly, and you do it, then you can express yourself fully.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Mistake, Thinking, Expression

  "Not Always So: Practicing the True Spirit of Zen". Book by Shunryū Suzuki. Chapter: "Express Yourself Fully", p. 8, 2002.

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• When you accept everything, everything is beyond dimensions. The earth is not great nor a grain of sand small. In the realm of Great Activity picking up a grain of sand is the same as taking up the whole universe. To save one sentient being is to save all sentient beings. Your efforts of this moment to save one person is the same as the eternal merit of Buddha.

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  Effort, Earth, Dimensions

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