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“ ”When we do not expect anything we can be ourselves.
About Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shogaku Shunryu) (18 May 1904 – 4 December 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.
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Additional quotes by Shunryu Suzuki
TRANSIENCY “We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.
When you bow, you should just bow; when you sit, you should just sit; when you eat, you should just eat.
There is no easy way to be a teacher or a disciple, although it must be the greatest joy in this life.