Shunryu suzuki biography of abraham

  • He was a student of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi and later of Dainin Katagiri Roshi, in whose lineage he is a dharma heir.
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  • The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities.

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    If you are anything like me and either enjoy reading books or grabbing a bargain, take a look! I noticed today that the kindle version of one of my favorite Zen books is on sale this month on Amazon – Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mindby Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.

    Our minds can be so busy! It can be so easy to be full of ourselves, our notions of “right” and “wrong”, being in control, and the illusion that “it is always about me.” Life can teach us differently… or even force us to learn differently!

    The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the expert, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all the possibilities. It is the kind of mind which can see things as they are, which step by step and in a flash can realize the original nature of everything. --Shunryu Suzuki in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

    When we adopt a “beginner’s mind”, we experience ourselves, others, and the world through the childlike eyes of wonder with an open heart and mind, accepting just this precious single moment as it is.

    The true purpose is to see things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. This is to put everything under control in its widest sense. --(Shunryu Suzuki in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind)

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    Zen Bones

    In this issue

    • Turning Insights into Practices: Radical Well-being

    • Favorite quote this week

    • What surprises me about my life right now

    • Zen Bones Podcast: Thomas Moore

    I was 19 or 20 years old when I first discovered the book Toward a Psychology of Being by Abraham Maslow. I was inspired by his study of radical well-being, which he called self-actualization. It was one of a string of events that led me to take time away from college and pursue a lifetime of Zen practice and study.

    Reading about radical well-being, I couldn't help but wonder, why would I (or anyone) do anything else. I continue to ask these questions, and aspire to develop myself and help others along this path. Here is his description an actualized person, or what I'm calling radical well-being:

    • Superior perception of reality.

    • Increased acceptance of self, of others, and nature.

    • Increased spontaneity.

    • Increase in problem centering.

    • Increased detachment and desire for privacy.

    • Increased autonomy.

    • Greater freshness of appreciation, and richness of emotional reactions.

    • Greatly increased creativeness.

    A question I return to again and again - how to cultivate and live these qualities, and how to integrate them into my relationships and all parts of my l

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