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Attention Means Attention

By Charlotte Joko Beck — 1993

There’s an old Zen story: a student said to Master Ichu, “Please write for me something of great wisdom.” Master Ichu picked up his brush and wrote one word: “Attention.”

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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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Shunryu Suzuki
2015
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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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Shunryu Suzuki
2015
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Suzuki Lecture: May 5, 1970

We practice zazen because that is the only way to go beyond thinking mind—emotional activity.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2013
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The Waterfall

When you can sit with your whole body and mind, and with the oneness of your mind and body under the control of the universal mind, you can easily attain this kind of right understanding. Your everyday life will be renewed without being attached to an old erroneous interpretation of life.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2013
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Five Lessons on Life from Zen Buddhist Master Shunryu Suzuki

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” — Shunryu Suzuki

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Peter Burns
2020
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Things as It Is

Our effort in Zen is to observe everything as-it-is. Yet even though we say so, we are not necessarily observing everything as-it-is.

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Shunryu Suzuki
2017
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