Shunryu Suzuki

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#zen

Whereever you are, you are one with the clouds and one with the sun and the stars you see. You are one with everything. That is more true than I can say, and more true than you can hear. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#buddhism

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#philosophy #zen #inspirational

A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#philosophy #suffering #wisdom #zen #zen-buddhism

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. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#life-philosophy #phlilosophy #zen-buddhism #life

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 ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#respect #zen #respect

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#expert #few #many #mind #possibilities

When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#burn #completely #good #leaving #like

Preparing food is not just about yourself and others. It is about everything! ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#everything #food #just #others #preparing

The world is its own magic. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#own #world