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Shunryu Suzuki quotes
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One of my favorites due to his down-to-earth, everyman approach to Buddhism.
From "Zen is Right Here":
On the fourth day of sesshin as we sat with our painful legs, aching backs, and doubts about whether it was worth it, Suzuki Roshi began his talk by saying slowly, "The problems you are now experiencing..."
"Will go away," we were sure he was going to say.
"...will continue for the rest of your life." he concluded.
The way he said it, we all laughed.
From "Zen is Right Here":
On the fourth day of sesshin as we sat with our painful legs, aching backs, and doubts about whether it was worth it, Suzuki Roshi began his talk by saying slowly, "The problems you are now experiencing..."
"Will go away," we were sure he was going to say.
"...will continue for the rest of your life." he concluded.
The way he said it, we all laughed.
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“If you want to cross the ocean of suffering, you must take the ship with no bottom.“
Similarly Shunryu Suziki said:
“Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink.”
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/62707.Shunryu_Suzuki
~Shunryu Suzuki
"Most of us study Buddhism as though it were something that was already given to us. We think that what we should do is preserve the Buddha's teaching, like putting food in the refrigerator. Then to study Buddhism we take the food out of the refrigerator. Whenever you want it, it is already there. Instead, Zen students should be interested in how to produce food from the field, from the garden. We put the emphasis on the ground."