Shunryu Suzuki Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki Famous Quotes & Sayings
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![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-69253.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-525223.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: 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 quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1096714.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Life and death are the same thing. When we realize this fact, we have no fear of death anymore, nor actual difficulty in our life.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1595997.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you receive things just as an echo of yourself, you do not really see them, you do not fully accept them as they are. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you receive things just as an echo of yourself, you do not really see them, you do not fully accept them as they are.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-144793.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: 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. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-328588.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit, you should just sit; when you eat, you should just eat. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit, you should just sit; when you eat, you should just eat.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-814475.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: In the Lotus Sutra, Buddha says to light up one corner - not the whole world. Just make it clear where you are.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1219030.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own way, and you should know what kind of practice you have right now. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: There is no particular way in true practice. You should find your own way, and you should know what kind of practice you have right now.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1935736.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Life without zazen is like winding your clock without setting it. It runs perfectly well, but it dosen't tell time.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1005854.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing]. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-372731.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: To accept some idea of truth without experiencing it is like a painting of a cake on paper which you cannot eat.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-223275.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-24828.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: There is no gap between the ignorant and the wise. A foolish person is a wise person; a wise person is a foolish person. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: There is no gap between the ignorant and the wise. A foolish person is a wise person; a wise person is a foolish person.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-2094972.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-525841.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1121787.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-850454.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: You should not be surprised at whatever you see or hear ... If you are ready to accept things as they are, you will receive them as old friends. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: You should not be surprised at whatever you see or hear ... If you are ready to accept things as they are, you will receive them as old friends.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1616065.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or not. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Even when you practice zazen alone, without a teacher, I think you will find some way to tell whether your practice is adequate or not.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-444341.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!" Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!"](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1350922.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Those who can sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen, the actual feeling of Zen, the marrow of Zen. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Those who can sit perfectly physically usually take more time to obtain the true way of Zen, the actual feeling of Zen, the marrow of Zen.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1836935.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1817683.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you think your body and mind are two, that is wrong; if you think that they are one, that is also wrong. Our body and mind are both two](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1761947.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-982421.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves. That is our way, to live fully in each moment of time.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-428390.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-367995.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Instead of respecting things, we want to use them for ourselves and if it is difficult to use them, we want to conquer them.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-361623.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: As long as we have some definite idea about or some hope in the future, we cannot really be serious with the moment that exists right now.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-337514.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-469848.jpg)
Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we realize the everlasting truth of "everything changes" and find our composure in it, we find ourselves in Nirvana. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we realize the everlasting truth of "everything changes" and find our composure in it, we find ourselves in Nirvana.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-259460.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-217911.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: You must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-94020.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: It must be obvious ... that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: It must be obvious ... that there is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-72622.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: It is necessary to remember what we have done, but we should not become attached to what we have done in some special sense. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: It is necessary to remember what we have done, but we should not become attached to what we have done in some special sense.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-1256877.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: Concentration comes not from trying hard to focus on something, but from keeping your mind open and directing it at nothing.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-577611.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-636743.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon everything. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: When we become truly ourselves, we just become a swinging door, and we are purely independent of, and at the same time, dependent upon everything.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-741944.jpg)
![Shunryu Suzuki quotes: The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is. Shunryu Suzuki quotes: The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/shunryu-suzuki-quotes-980000.jpg)
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Shunryu Suzuki
Discover top inspirational quotes from Shunryu Suzuki on Wise Famous Quotes.