Wherever you go you will find your teacher, as long as you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear.
Shunryu SuzukiBecause all existence is founded upon the ever-present state of union, everything already exists in a state of tranquility. However, this state of tranquility is masked from us by our assumption that there is a separation, that there is a problem.
Shunryu SuzukiYou must be true to your own way until at last you actually come to the point where you see it is necessary to forget all about yourself.
Shunryu SuzukiAll descriptions of reality are limited expressions of the world of emptiness. Yet we attach to the descriptions and think they are reality. That is a mistake.
Shunryu SuzukiSomeone was sitting in front of a sunflower, watching the sunflower, a cup of sun, and so I tried it too. It was wonderful; I felt the whole universe in the sunflower. That was my experience. Sunflower meditation. A wonderful confidence appeared. You can see the whole universe in a flower.
Shunryu Suzuki