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Shunryu Suzuki Inspirational Quotes (108)

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The way that helps will not be the same it changes according to the situation.
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No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea.
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Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.
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So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others...before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you.
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The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.
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The world is its own magic.
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.
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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.
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When you sit, everything sits with you.
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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.
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We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves.
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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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There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.
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Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.
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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.
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To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.
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If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].
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Moment after moment, completely devote yourself to listening to your inner voice.
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To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.
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The true practice to meditation is to sit as if you where drinking water when you are thirsty.
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If you want to read a letter from the Buddha's world, it is necessary to understand Buddha's world.
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Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.
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In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few.
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Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.
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