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Before we were born we had no feeling; we were one with the universe. This is called "mind-only," or "essence of mind," or "big mind," After we are se...more

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One time Marian showed me some sand. When she gave it to me, she said, "These are very interesting stones." It just looked like sand, but she asked me...more

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A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.

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While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cove...more

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When you do something, you should do it with your whole body and mind; you should be concentrated on what you do. You should do it completely, like a ...more

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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.