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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
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When you say, Wait a moment, you are bound by your karma when you say Yes I will, you are free.
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Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in that world, and that is, you might say, enlightenment. When you see plum blossoms or hear the sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the world of emptiness.
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Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
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The world is its own magic.
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To express yourself as you are, without any intentional, fancy way of adjusting yourself, is the most important thing.
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It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom.
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If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything it is open to everything.
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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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Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.
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The secret of zen is just two words: not... always... so.
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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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Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way.
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Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.
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If you want to study Zen, you should forget all your previous ideas and just practice zazen and see what kind of experience you have in your practice. That is naturalness.
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When you try to understand everything, you will not understand anything. The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.
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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.
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Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.
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After you have practiced for a while, you will realize that it is not possible to make rapid, extraordinary progress. Even though you try very hard, the progress you make is always little by little.
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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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Only when you understand people, they may understand you. So even though you do not say anything, if you understand people there is some communication.
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