To stop your mind does not mean to stop the activities of mind. It means your mind pervades your whole body.
Shunryu SuzukiOur way is to practice one step at a time, one breath at a time, with no gaining idea.
Shunryu SuzukiThe beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.
Shunryu SuzukiThe mind we have when we practice zazen is the great mind: we don't try to see anything; we stop conceptual thinking; we stop emotional activity; we just sit. Whatever happens to us, we are not bothered. We just sit. It is like something happening in the great sky. Whatever kind of bird flies through it, the sky doesn't care. That is the mind transmitted from Buddha to us.
Shunryu Suzuki