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Beginner’s mind ~ Shunryu Suzuki

Beginner’s mind ~ Shunryu Suzuki was last modified: October 7th, 2016 by dorjeduck

If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.


Shunryu Suzuki

from the book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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  • Open to all the possibilities
  • The quality of zazen will express itself
  • Wisdom seeking wisdom
  • Calmness in activity
  • Empty and ready mind
  • The teaching of transiency
  • The awareness that you are here
  • Weed
  • Nothing outside yourself can cause any trouble
  • Do not be bothered by anything
  • The weeds you have in your mind
  • Little by little
  • Belief based on a self-centered idea
  • Opening up our small mind
  • Your last moment
  • The posture itself
  • Spacious control
  • The true bow


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Shunryu Suzuki

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