Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzukiwas a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Buddhist monastery outside Asia. Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center, which along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth18 May 1904
CountryJapan
Without ignoring the objective side of the truth, it has to be subjective as well, Buddha's whole teaching just for you, something you can taste. Not something to believe in but to discover, to experience.
When you say, "Wait a moment," you are bound by your karma; when you say "Yes I will," you are free.
If you want to read a letter from the Buddha's world, it is necessary to understand Buddha's world.
From True Emptiness The Wondrous Being Appears
Time goes from present to past.
When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.
It is not after we understand the truth that we attain enlightenment. To realize the truth is to live - to exist here and now.
In your big mind, everything has the same value...In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha. Here there is Buddhahood
You may say that things happen just by chance, but I don't feel that way.
In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.
To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.
Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.
We should not be just a fan of dragons; we should always be the dragon himself. Then we will not be afraid of any dragon.