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“If it is raining out, do not walk fast, because it is raining everywhere.”

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Shunryu Suzuki, born on May 18, 1904, was a renowned Zen master from Japan. He played a significant role in spreading Zen culture in the Western world. more

“The mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional activity; we just sit. Whatever happens to us, we are not bothered. We just sit. It is like something happening in the great sky. Whatever kind of bird flies through it, the sky doesn't care. That is the mind transmitted from Buddha to us.”

Thinking Trying Mind Kind Happens Care Practice Sky Emotional Activity Happenings Bird Bothered Like Something Whatever Happens Great Minds Not Bothered Conceptual Thinking

Book:Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai

Source: Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai

“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.”

People Mind Hard Difficult Practice Position Pure Enlightenment Crosses Fundamentals Misunderstanding

Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

“Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in that world, and that is, you might say, enlightenment. When you see plum blossoms or hear the sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the world of emptiness.”

World Might Sound Written Communication Enlightenment Stones Letters Emptiness Hitting Suggestions Hints Plums Bamboo Plum Blossoms

Author:Shunryu Suzuki

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