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From True Emptiness The Wondrous Being Appears
Shunryu Suzuki
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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
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A Master who cannot bow to a disciple cannot bow to Buddha.
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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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Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help you now because there are no other moments. With no future, be true to yourself and express yourself fully. Don't move.
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Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.
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Religion is not any particular teaching. Religion is everywhere.
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Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here.
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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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You can't make a date with enlightenment.
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Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice there is no other way of life than this way of 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 it is raining out, do not walk fast, because it is raining everywhere.
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If you continue this simple practice every day, you will obtain some wonderful power. Before you attain it, it is something wonderful, but after you attain it, it is nothing special.
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If you want to enjoy the movie, you should know that it is the combination of film and light and white screen, and that the most important thing is to have a plain, white screen.
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People say that practicing Zen is difficult, but there is a misunderstanding as to why. It is not difficult because it is hard to sit in the cross- legged position, or to attain enlightenment. It is difficult because it is hard to keep our mind pure and our practice pure in its fundamental sense.
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We ourselves cannot put any magic spells on this world. The world is its own magic.
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We do not slight the idea of enlightenment, but the most important thing is this moment, not some day in the future. We have to make our effort in this moment. This is the most important thing for our practice.
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The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.
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Discipline is creating the situation.
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When you sit, everything sits with you.
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How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.
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