Shunryu Suzuki

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

When you do something you should burn yourself up completely like a good bonfire leaving no trace of yourself.

A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same.

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

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.

Discipline is creating the situation.

If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

There should not be any particular teaching. Teaching is in each moment.

To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him.

Zen is not some kind of excitement but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

There is no need to have a deep understanding of Zen.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.

If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two and one.

We must exist right here, right now!

The true practice of meditation is to sit as if you were drinking water when you are thirsty.

In our practice, we have no particular purpose or goal, nor any special object of worship.

Hell is not punishment, it's training.

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.

If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything!

Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

Our life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact we have no fear of death anymore, and we have no actual difficulty in our life.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. Unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer.

Hell is not punishment its training.

The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

You are perfect as you are and there is always room for improvement.

Without accepting the fact that everything changes we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately although it is true it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience we suffer.

The world is its own magic.

Everything is perfect and there is always room for improvement.

When you understand one thing through and through, you understand everything.