365 Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
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The goal of our life’s effort is to reach the other shore, Nirvana. Prajna paramita, the true wisdom of life, is that in each step of the way, the other shore is actually reached.
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There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own way, and you should know what kind of practice you have right now.
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Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature. That is our practice.
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In Hinayana Buddhism, practice is classified in four ways. The best way is just to do it without having any joy in it, not even spiritual joy. This way is just to do it, forgetting your physical and mental feeling, forgetting all about yourself in your practice.
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Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or not.
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Everything should exist in the right place, in the right way.
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When you do things in the right way, at the right time, everything else will be organized.
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Those who can sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen, the actual feeling of Zen, the marrow of Zen.
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The best way is to understand yourself, and then you will understand everything.So when you try hard to make your own way, you will help others, and you will be helped by others.Before you make your own way you cannot help anyone, and no one can help you.
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