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This 3 page report discusses
Shunryu Suzuki (1905-1971) who was a direct spiritual descendant of the great
thirteenth-century Zen Master, Dogen. Excerpts from his lectures form the basis form the
basis of Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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File: D0_BWzenbeg.rtf
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thirteenth-century Zen Master, Dogen. As a highly-respected Zen master in his own right in both Japan and the United States, as well as being the founder of the San Francisco
Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki established a new understanding and awareness of American Buddhism like few men ever have. His book, Zen Mind, Beginners Mind, is a collection of excerpts from
his many lectures. What emerges from those lectures is Suzukis explanation that the practice of Zen mind is an awareness or acknowledgment of the beginners mind. He explains that the
mind of any beginner is uninhabited, without the ingrained practices and habits of an "expert." It is ready and open to possibilities, acceptance and doubt. It has not established rules,
boundaries, or constraints. Such a reality serves as a foundation through which genuine liberation can occur. "Zen Mind, Beginners Mind" Much of what Suzuki has to say reflects the
fact that, in Buddhism, there are degrees of enlightenment and the enlightened one can move from realm to realm and world to world yet is at home in each. Progress
in the practice of Zen is a transformation in the manner in which one sees the world. Zen does not see enlightenment as something transmitted from a master to a
disciple, and are opposed to any writing that purports to further this process. Zen regards silence as the supreme state, timeless and present everywhere. Enlightenment involves awareness of the true
nature of things, according to Zen Buddhist teachings. There is unity or connection among all things as well as diversity. The impermanence of all things is also emphasized. The
Zen Mind or the Beginners Mind (which Suzuki sees as the same) is a mind that can see things as they are, which step-by-step and in a sudden flash can
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