Shunryu Suzuki Quotes about Enlightenment

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Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help you now because there are no other moments. With no future, be true to

Don't move. Just die over and over. Don't anticipate. Nothing can save you now because you have only this moment. Not even enlightenment will help you now because there are no other moments. With no future, be true to yourself and express yourself fully. Don't move.

Shunryu Suzuki

Spiritual, Moving, Enlightenment

Enlightenment is not a complete remedy.

Shunryu Suzuki

Enlightenment, Remedy

Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going on in that world, and that is, you might say, enlightenment. When you see plum blossoms or hear the sound of a small stone hitting bamboo, that is a letter from the world of emptiness.

Shunryu Suzuki

Communication, Enlightenment, Sound

An enlightened person does not ignore things and does not stick to things, not even to the truth.

Shunryu Suzuki

Truth, Enlightenment, Doe

Shunryu Suzuki, Mel Weitsman, Michael Wenger (1999). “Branching Streams Flow in the Darkness: Zen Talks on the Sandokai”, p.53, Univ of California Press