Burn Yourself Completely

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When you do something, you should burn yourself up completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.

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Attribution

• Attributed To
  Shunryu Suzuki

Lineage: Sōtō

By Shunryu Suzuki

• No Gaining Ideaproverb
• Moment After Momentproverb
• Nothing Specialproverb
• Pulling Weedsproverb
• Give Your Sheep a Large Meadowproverb

From Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

• No Gaining Idea
• Moment After Moment
• Nothing Special
• Pulling Weeds
• Give Your Sheep a Large Meadow
• If Your Mind Is Empty
• Zen Is Concentration on Routine
• Accept Yourself
• Beginner's Mind
• Beginner's Mind

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  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Burn Yourself Completely