Shunryu Suzuki Buddhism Quotations

To have some deep feeling about Buddhism is not the point; we just do what we should do, like eating supper and going to bed. This is Buddhism.

The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves.

When you try to attain something, your mind starts to wander about somewhere else. When you do not try to attain anything, you have your own body and mind right here. In Buddhism it is a heretical view to expect something outside this world. We do not seek for something besides ourselves.

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.