The Perfection of Reality-Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

 

 

Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there in the imperfection is perfect reality.

-Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

我们所有看到或听到的都不圆满。但是就在这不圆满中是圆满的实相。

-铃木俊隆禅师

Let your thoughts come and go- Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

  

Leave your front door open and your back door open. Let your thoughts come and go. Just don’t serve them tea. 

-Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki 

让你的前门开着，也让你的后门开着。让思维自由来去。只是不要请他们坐下来喝茶。
-铃木俊隆禅师

Problems and our lives-Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

  

When problems arose, Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki was not flustered. He said that when we fall down on the ground we use that same ground to help us to get back up. He told his students to be patient with themselves and with each other and that they had within them what it took to meet whatever came. He said that the miracle of life is that we have just enough problems, that we are up to dealing with whatever arises. We just had to learn to not compound a problem with unnecessary intellectual and emotional activity. It is like the old Chinese saying, you could ride a horse but you can’t ride a horse on a horse. 

当问题出现时，铃木俊隆禅师总是不会慌张。他说当我们跌倒在地上，我们也利用同样的地来从新站起。他常劝学生要对自己有耐心，也对他人有耐心。无论发什么事情，每个人的心里都有着应付这些事情的资源。他常说生命的奥妙是我们生活上的问题不多不少，刚刚好，而我们都能胜任应付这些问题。我们只需要学习如何不让无谓的思维和情绪倍增问题。中国有一句俗语说：我们虽然会骑马，但是如果叫我们骑在马上面的马，那是不可能的。