The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. Shunryu Suzuki More Quotes by Shunryu Suzuki More Quotes From Shunryu Suzuki Discipline is creating the situation. Shunryu Suzuki creating situation discipline For Zen students, a weed is a treasure. Shunryu Suzuki treasure weed students And we should forget, day by day, what we have done; this is true non-attachment. And we should do something new. To do something new, of course we must know our past, and this is alright. But we should not keep holding onto anything we have done; we should only reflect on it. And we must have some idea of what we should do in the future. But the future is the future, the past is the past; now we should work on something new. Shunryu Suzuki attachment past ideas Without accepting the fact that everything changes, we cannot find perfect composure. But unfortunately, although it is true, it is difficult for us to accept it. Because we cannot accept the truth of transience, we suffer. Shunryu Suzuki change perfect worry So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment. Moment after moment you feel your last instant. In each inhalation and each exhalation there are countless instants of time. Your intention is to live in each instant. Shunryu Suzuki time trying moving Zazen practice is the direct expression of our true nature. Strictly speaking, for a human being, there is no other practice than this practice; there is no other way of life than this way of life. Shunryu Suzuki growth expression practice Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything! Shunryu Suzuki preparing preparing-food about-yourself Take care of things, and they will take care of you. Shunryu Suzuki take-care care When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. Shunryu Suzuki way-to-live moments way So the secret is just to say 'Yes!' and jump off from here. Then there is no problem. It means to be yourself, always yourself, without sticking to an old self. Shunryu Suzuki being-yourself secret mean While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything you do in your everyday life. The most important thing is to forget all gain ing ideas, all dualistic ideas. In other words, just practice zazen in a certain posture. Do not think about anything. Just remain on your cushion without expecting anything. Then eventually you will resume your own true nature. That is to say, your own true nature resumes itself. Shunryu Suzuki practice years thinking To renounce things is not to give them up. It is to acknowledge that all things go away. Shunryu Suzuki renounce going-away giving The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life - that it can't be much else. Shunryu Suzuki difficulty acknowledge life-is I 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... No matter what god or doctrine you believe in, if you become attached to it, your belief will be based more or less on a self-centered idea. Shunryu Suzuki color self believe When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. Shunryu Suzuki effort leaving should Zen is everywhere.... But for you, Zen is right here. Shunryu Suzuki To find perfect composure in the midst of change is to find nirvana. Shunryu Suzuki midst spiritual perfect A tiger does not ignore or slight any small animal. The way he catches a mouse and catches and devours a cow are the same. Shunryu Suzuki cows doe animal When you are fooled by something else, the damage will not be so big. But when you are fooled by yourself, it is fatal. No more medicine. Shunryu Suzuki damage medicine bigs Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing. Shunryu Suzuki focus mind trying
