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.
How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus. - Shunryu Suzuki
How much 'ego' do you need? Just enough so that you don't step in front of a bus.
- Shunryu Suzuki
Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear. - Shunryu Suzuki
Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.
We try, and we try, and we fail; and then we go deeper. - Shunryu Suzuki
We try, and we try, and we fail; and then we go deeper.
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement. - Shunryu Suzuki
Everything is perfect, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity. - Shunryu Suzuki
Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as an enlightened person. There is only enlightened activity.
Instead of criticizing, find out how to help. - Shunryu Suzuki
Instead of criticizing, find out how to help.
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includ… - Shunryu Suzuki
If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includ…
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. - Shunryu Suzuki
Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.
Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life. - Shunryu Suzuki
Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life.
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