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Zen practice is to open up our small mind.

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But do not give up your practice; continue it, knowing your weakness.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Our effort in our practice should be directed from achievement to non-achievement.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

But as long as you think you are practicing zazen for the sake of something, that is not true practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Q. Why don't the British panic? A. They do, but very quietly. It is impossible for the naked eye to tell their panic from their ecstasy.

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There is no certain way that exists permanently... Moment after moment we have to find our own way.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Those who are attached only to the result of their effort will not have any chance to appreciate it, because the result will never come.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

If you think you will get something from practicing zazen, already you are involved in impure practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

You should rather be grateful for the weeds, because eventually they will enrich your practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

But the way of practice is just to be concentrated on your breathing with the right posture and with great, pure effort.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Just continue in your calm, ordinary practice and your character will be built up.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

In your practice you should accept everything as it is, giving to each thing the same respect given to a Buddha.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

It will take quite a long time before you find your calm, serene mind in your practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Remember: If you go for a walk with a friend in England, don't say a single word for hours; if you go for a walk with your dog, talk to it all the time.

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You do not say, “This is enlightenment,” or “That is not right practice.” Even in wrong practice, when you realize it and continue, there is right practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Our way is not to sit to acquire something; it is to express our true nature. That is our practice.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

Zazen practice and everyday activity are one thing. We call zazen everyday life, and everyday life zazen.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

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.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice

When we say something, our subjective intention or situation is always involved. So there is no perfect word; some distortion is always present in a statement.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice