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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was a pivotal Zen monk and author who founded the first Western Zen monastery. Discover his legacy of "nothing special."
…it. It has no smell. How can there possibly be a mistake? How can there be no mistake whatsoever? Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I have two questions. Where is home? What is true strength? When you start wondering about? There is no home, there is no…
…in this moment at this place, you have enough strength to practice our way and home is right here. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. In our practice, should we try to overcome our weakness or should we try to work through it? Why you should overcome when…
…there is no big mind or no small mind. You should try to overcome when there is no big mind or no small mind. Dr Roshi, what place is this? What place is this? Yes, this is Asahara Judo. Dr Roshi, after four months training and seven days session.…
…is no big mind or no small mind. Dr Roshi, what place is this? What place is this? Yes, this is Asahara Judo. Dr Roshi, after four months training and seven days session. What am I doing here? You are doing nothing. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi.…
…Dr Roshi, after four months training and seven days session. What am I doing here? You are doing nothing. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I'm afraid to ask you a question because you see me at your teaching following. Thank you very much. Open your eyes…
…ask you a question because you see me at your teaching following. Thank you very much. Open your eyes and listen to me more. Dr Roshi, how is it possible to lose the fear of no nose, no mouth, no eyes, no world without it? Fear fear comes from your…
…fear comes from your ego. So the way is to open up your mind so that there is no more ego. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Is there only one act of devotion? Excuse me, I couldn't follow you. Is there only one act of devotion in the, in the after…
…the, in the after devotion, devotion itself, only one. And devotion of life will be continued one after another in this temple. Dr Roshi, when we are silent, what is the question? There is no question when you are silent, but when you are in activity,…
…you are in activity, you will have innumerable questions. But questions should be answered on each moment, in each moment. Thank you, Dr Roshi. How can I stop to ask a question? There is no need to ask questions. Your active mind brings about many…
…waiting things. Don't think this is this should be the way to wait. Do whatever you like, okay, thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Yesterday afternoon you gave a lecture on the lotus sutra. I believe that you said that the lotus sutra describes reality to…
…your eyes wide open when you feel in that way. That you feel in that way is a proof of your wide open eyes. Good news, Dr Roshi. If everything is time, how can there be any past or any future, and how can you get things done on time or not have…
…lotus sutra is not voluminous enough. So I want to read it. Or I want more voluminous lotus sutra than this. Thank you, Dr Roshi. At times during this training period I have felt very strong, but the feeling of weakness always returns. What can I do…
…may be the dangerous situation. I am very grateful to you for all the help that you have given me. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. The year that I have lived here at tassajara has gone by very quickly, but it has been a very wonderful time for growing…
…life. We should be always beginner first is maybe a dream not good enough? That is very true. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Feeling our way through the years, I am very grateful to have so many warm companions traveling along the way. Now the…
…it you will intuitively know which way to go and which is better. Thank you very much, thank you thank you thank you Dr Roshi. What can I do about the fear that causes small mind or limited mind? Fear looks like something which will cover the whole…
…is necessary to break it as your motor. It is necessary to drive the fear. Attack your enemy by his horse. Yes, yes but why, Dr Roshi? Love is love and hate is hate, and love is empty and hate is empty. There you will have a great sorrow or longing.…
…it is. When you can remain still with some composure in pitch dark, you will have the true composure. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Big mind and small mind are equally without size. The Buddhist practice is no practice. Can it be that? Is there any…
…know something what you feel over and over. Pound yourself then to continue. This kind of practice is our way. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I am drowning in the great ocean. Will I wake up and discover this is a dream. How do you feel? I can't…
…very good. You feel much better, even if you have fear. Soon you will get it you will manage it. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. There is nothing to attain, and yet every morning we chant and we vow to attain it. The enlightenment is within me, and…
…or bad. It is absolutely the realization of buddha himself. But you say good or bad that's all. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I recently came upon this quotation from dag hammarskjöld. It is maturity is among other things to no longer hide one's…
…not their fault. It is their fault. So you should be somewhat concerned about what they may say. Thank you very much thank you, Dr Roshi. Your voice is the voice of han drum and Bell. My voice, your voice, maybe so not so much today. Thank you very…
…voice is the voice of han drum and Bell. My voice, your voice, maybe so not so much today. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. My mind and body are suffering into the conflict of striving. You speak of striving, of our best effort, making our best effort,…
…time you should try your best effort to resume your own practice. That is what I mean. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Very often I your compassion. I don't understand emptiness. I was wondering where compassion is in emptiness, compassion compassion will…
…Where there is something there should be compassion. Compassion should be always on every deed, like everything arises from emptiness. Dr Roshi, there you sit resolutely in your serenity, and here am I, miserable and quivering in my confusion and as I…
…thank you thank you. Sorry I have to get up. Arya done not as a stop, just say in there, okay. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I carry very weak light to help me find my way through the darkness that I feel breathing all around me. I go very slowly…
…feel breathing all around me. I go very slowly and I am very deeply grateful for your patience and understanding for helping me, Dr Roshi, your kindness touches my heart, thank you. Maybe because I am not so kind. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. You say…
…for helping me, Dr Roshi, your kindness touches my heart, thank you. Maybe because I am not so kind. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. You say that we are all one. But why is everything so different? Who? Because it is different. They are all one. Do…
…through right practice that we can get rid of it. So when we practice that we should have an idea of count. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Suri is out on our altar and she is with us in our memories and in many ways, how does she exist for us now…
…sense of count? She exists internally, in Italy, as an atheist. She is very connected with everyone of us. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Why is it the harder I practice, the worse I feel? Because you feel worse when you practice hard and because you…
…both even though you feel bad words, you should be discouraged that you are good, that you can overcome. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I would like to share in my memory how difficult it is to be expressive, be expressive, expressive memory. Ah, here I…
…how difficult it is to be expressive, be expressive, expressive memory. Ah, here I am expressing my worry even though I don't know. Dr Roshi, what question can you ask sweet potato, can you say it sweet potato, may I take it? May I eat it? May I…
…understand it now I understand it now but the way it is, we don't understand it. We don't. Thank you, thank you very much, Dr Roshi. For me, the machine is yet to be there. That's right, very true, thank you thank you, Dr Roshi. I'm caught in a box…
…don't. Thank you, thank you very much, Dr Roshi. For me, the machine is yet to be there. That's right, very true, thank you thank you, Dr Roshi. I'm caught in a box in a black snake. How do I get out of the box? How do I cut the snake's head off?…
…warm feeling. I thought you have a very good taste of the sun, but you have a very good feeling on your fingers. Thank you, Dr Roshi. It seems like a very long time trying to push flag rock just one inch up with my nose and it hasn't budged and…
…I am your friend. I cannot do anything with you tentatively, you know. So I'll treat you this way. Thank you very much. Dr Roshi, hearing this dream, feeling it within, tears fall. What does it mean? Because this kind of feeling of practice is quite new…
…feel in that way with tears, that is because your experience is quite unfamiliar to you, so you get accustomed to it more. Dr Roshi, I read your mind. I have no questions, no questions. I hope you can continue your practice in that way. If you have…
…If you have a problem, you should think more. When you have a problem, like now, you are quite a big free man. Very good, Dr Roshi, I know you are a teacher, but I feel that you have nothing to teach. But you stay in this world and suffer all…
…If it is you know same from the beginning it is. There is no need to say one. Okay, thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I do not know the meaning of human existence. The meaning of human existence ah human existence, yes human existence ah human existence.…
…life, we will lose. We will be completely lost, because we have double nature. So our understanding of life should be double structure. Dr Roshi, you have told us that we are not alike at all and also you tell us that we should develop consideration for…
…our way everyday practice our way, with this I think there is salvation for each one of us. Thank you, thank you very much, Dr Roshi. Why have you told us this morning to concentrate on one activity. What I mean is not so complicated thing to do try…
…practice, because myself I tend not to do that you know. Yeah, maybe so. So stick to one practice forever. Thank you very much, Dr Roshi. I am troubled by your saying that you don't trust us. I want to encourage you to stick to something, not in terms…
…it is good or bad, it is out of question. If it is helpful for me and for others, you should stick to one practice. Dr Roshi, how can we make our marriage with buddha more real? Marriage is more real. It is a good question. Marriage is not so real.…