What did Shunryu Suzuki mean by: The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan Copy
+ We do not exist for the sake of something else. We exist for the sake of ourselves. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Sake, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Arrogance, Bows, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ We ourselves cannot put any magic spells on this world. The world is its own magic. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Magic, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ When the restrictions you have do not limit you, this is what we mean by practice. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Limits, Practice, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ Each one of us must make his own true way, and when we do, that way will express the universal way. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Individuality, Universal, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Imperfection, Perfect, Reality, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Buddhism, Mma, Yoga, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
+ Moment after moment everything comes out of nothingness. This is the true joy of life. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Shunryu Suzuki, Moments, True Joy, 0 - Shunryu Suzuki Zen Buddhist monk · Japan
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. - Ludwig Bemelmans Illustrator · Austria
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
I have a large number of cassettes, but I look at them mainly for reference purposes. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
I hate the word lesbian; it tells you nothing; its only purpose is to inflame. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
It is only habit and routine that makes the void look like purpose. - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things? - Jeff VanderMeer Author · USA
