The beloved Buddhist monk reminds us to end all striving; to simply kiss the earth with our feet.
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As countless meditators have learned firsthand, meditation practice can positively transform the way we see and experience our lives.
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Shunryu Suzuki’s extraordinary gift for conveying traditional Zen teachings using ordinary language is well known to the countless readers of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. In Zen Is Right Here, his teachings are brought to life powerfully and directly through stories told about him by his students.
Today does not become yesterday, and Dōgen-zenji states that today does not become tomorrow. Each day is its own past and future and has its own absolute value.
Buddha’s teaching put the emphasis on selflessness. Buddhism is not a special cultural heritage.
We practice zazen because that is the only way to go beyond thinking mind—emotional activity.
When you can sit with your whole body and mind, and with the oneness of your mind and body under the control of the universal mind, you can easily attain this kind of right understanding. Your everyday life will be renewed without being attached to an old erroneous interpretation of life.
“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki
Our effort in Zen is to observe everything as-it-is. Yet even though we say so, we are not necessarily observing everything as-it-is.
Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (1904 - 1971) a Japanese Zen priest belonging to the Soto lineage, came to San Francisco in 1959 at the age of 55. He was impressed by the seriousness and quality of "beginner's mind" among Americans he met who were interested in Zen and decided to settle here.