“ Before we were born we had no feeling; we were one with the universe. This is called "mind-only," or "essence of mind," or "big mind," After we are separated by birth from this oneness, as the water f… Shunryu Suzuki
“ In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea. Shunryu Suzuki
“ The best way to contorl people is to encourage them to be mischievous...To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they… Shunryu Suzuki
“ Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear. Shunryu Suzuki
“ Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of tra… Shunryu Suzuki
“ Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of… Shunryu Suzuki
“ Christopher McCandless:"I will miss you too, but you are wrong if you think that the joy of life comes principally from the joy of human relationships. God's place is all around us, it is in everythin… Shunryu Suzuki
“ In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood Shunryu Suzuki
“ I discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and col… Shunryu Suzuki
“ Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine. Shunryu Suzuki
“ When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions; you should just listen to him, just observe what his way is. We put very little emphasis on rig… Shunryu Suzuki
“ We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily. Shunryu Suzuki
“ Those who are attached only to the result of their effort will not have any chance to appreciate it, because the result will never come. Shunryu Suzuki
“ To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism. Shunryu Suzuki
“ While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything you do in your everyday life. The mos… Shunryu Suzuki
“ In our practice we have no particular purpose or goal, nor any special object of worship. Shunryu Suzuki
“ 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. In an exact sense, the only thin… Shunryu Suzuki
“ The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous...To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they… Shunryu Suzuki
“ The true purpose [of Zen] is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes... Zen practice is to open up our small mind. Shunryu Suzuki
