Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

by Shunryu Suzuki

When you try to attain enlightenment, then you have a big burden on your mind.

polemical,

Just to sit, that is enough.

When you give up trying to understand it, true understanding is always there.

We practice zazen to express our true nature, not to attain enlightenment.

We must have beginner’s mind, free from possessing anything,

Nothing exists but momentarily in its present form and color. One thing flows into another

Before the rain stops we h...

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