No Gaining Idea

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As long as you have some gaining idea in what you do, it is not true practice.

Attribution

• Attributed To
  Shunryu Suzuki

Lineage: Sōtō

By Shunryu Suzuki

• Moment After Momentproverb
• Nothing Specialproverb
• Pulling Weedsproverb
• Give Your Sheep a Large Meadowproverb
• Burn Yourself Completelyproverb

From Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

• Moment After Moment
• Nothing Special
• Pulling Weeds
• Give Your Sheep a Large Meadow
• Burn Yourself Completely
• If Your Mind Is Empty
• Zen Is Concentration on Routine
• Accept Yourself
• Beginner's Mind
• Beginner's Mind

Sources

• contentWikisource — English-language free library

  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: No Gaining Idea