(Zen Master) who popularized Zen Buddhism in the United States
, particularly around San Francisco. Born in the Kanagawa Prefecture
of Japan
, Suzuki was occasionally mistaken for the Zen scholar D.T. Suzuki, to which Shunryu would reply, "No, he's the big Suzuki, I'm the little Suzuki."
Shunryu Suzuki was born May 18, 1904. His father, Butsumon Sogaku Suzuki, was almost fifty at the time and was the head abbot
of a small Soto Zen temple.
When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.
There are, strictly speaking, no enlightened people, there is only enlightened activity.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few.
The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind.
You should rather be grateful for the weeds you have in your mind, because eventually they will enrich your practice.