A Zen practitioner
should be like the mountains, the clouds and water.
-Irme Vallyon
Appreciation comes from paying attention.
Paying attention is the practice of Zen.
-Zen Saying
In spiritual practice there are only two things:
You sit and you sweep the garden.
And it doesn't matter how big the garden.
-Zen Saying
You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind,
because eventually they will enrich your practice.
-D. T. Suzuki
Zen practice is to open up our small mind.
-D. T. Suzuki
In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open.
Let thoughts come and go.
Just don't serve them tea.
-D. T. Suzuki
When Zen practice is completely developed,
there is no center, no extremes;
there are no edges or corners.
It is perfectly round and frictionless.
-Hong-shi
Our practice is a practice of settling oneself on oneself,
which means to always have a new, fresh experience of your true self.
-D. T. Suzuki
Let me give you a wonderful Zen practice.
Wake up in the morning...look in the mirror, and laugh at yourself.
-Bernie Glassman
When you do things with your warm-hearted mind,
that is actual practice.
-D. T. Suzuki
If we understand the basic quality of the present moment,
which never returns,
we can realize the importance of Zen practice.
-Taisen Deshimaru
