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In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.” Read in: A Monk's Guide to Happiness:… - Shunryu Suzuki
" "In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.”
Read in: A Monk's Guide to Happiness: Meditation in the 21st Century by Gelong Thubten
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About Shunryu Suzuki
Shunryu Suzuki (鈴木 俊隆 Suzuki Shunryū, dharma name Shogaku Shunryu) (18 May 1904 – 4 December 1971) was a Sōtō Zen monk and teacher who helped popularize Zen Buddhism in the United States, and is renowned for founding the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside Asia (Tassajara Zen Mountain Center). Suzuki founded San Francisco Zen Center which, along with its affiliate temples, comprises one of the most influential Zen organizations in the United States. A book of his teachings, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, is one of the most popular books on Zen and Buddhism in the West.
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