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Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.
Shunryu Suzuki
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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
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To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.
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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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In your everyday life you always have opportunities for enlightenment. If you go to the rest room, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you cook, there is a chance to attain enlightenment. When you clean the floor, there is a chance to attain enlightenment.
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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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