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Shunryu Suzuki



Shunryu Suzuki (1904–1971) was a Japanese Soto Zen monk and teacher. He is widely credited with popularizing Zen Buddhist teachings in the United States, especially through his book Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind, which is still considered a standard introduction to the tradition.

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Zen Buddhism: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi - Part 6

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FindCenter Quotes ImageEven though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him.

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Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki

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.

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Every Day Is a Good Day

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.

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Zen Buddhism: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi - Part 7

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FindCenter Quotes ImageI discovered that it is necessary, absolutely necessary, to believe in nothing. That is, we have to believe in something which has no form and no color--something which exists before all forms and colors appear . . .

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

Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness is the first follow-up volume to Suzuki Roshi's important work. Like Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, it is a collection of lectures that reveal the insight, humor, and intimacy with Zen that made Suzuki Roshi so influential as a teacher.

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From a Lecture by Suzuki Roshi

Buddha’s teaching put the emphasis on selflessness. Buddhism is not a special cultural heritage.

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Zen Buddhism: Shunryu Suzuki Roshi - Part 5

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FindCenter Quotes ImageNothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

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