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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
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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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Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.
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Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.
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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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Our way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.
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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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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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Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
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It is easy to have calmness in inactivity, it is hard to have calmness in activity, but calmness in activity is true calmness.
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Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.
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You can't make a date with enlightenment.
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If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything it is open to everything.
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Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.
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Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.
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When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice.
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Discipline is creating the situation.
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A flower falls, even though we love it and a weed grows, even though we do not love it....In this way our life should be understood. Then there is no problem.
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Each of you is perfect the way you are ... and you can use a little improvement.
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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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When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
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