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Shunryu Suzuki Quotes

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To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) There will always be war, but we must always work to oppose it  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) Time goes from present to past  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) A garden is never finished  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) We must exist right here, right now!  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) The purpose of our practice is just to be yourself  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) When something dies is the greatest teaching  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) When you sit, everything sits with you  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) 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 Quotes) Instead of criticizing, find out how to help  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) Our practice should be based on the ideal of selflessness. Selflessness is very difficult to understand. If you try to be selfless, that is already a selfish idea. Selflessness will be there when you do not try anything  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) The world is it's own magic  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) Leave your front door and your back door open. Allow your thoughts to come and go. Just don’t serve them tea  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) 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 Quotes) To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it go out. It will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything. It appears as if something comes from outside your mind, but actually it is only the waves of your mind, and if you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes) If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything, it is open to everything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few  (Shunryu Suzuki Quotes)