"It is easy to explain what Suzuki Roshi does not mean by [the practice of "becoming yourself"]. He does not mean perfecting your self-image or cultivating a unique style to broadcast. He does not mean learning how to be who other people think you are, or even who you think you are or should be. He does not mean trying to get a handle on who you are. Don't try to figure out who you are."
—Jiryu Rutschman-Byler
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"Our way of sitting is to become yourself."
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"Our way of sitting is to become yourself."
—Shunryu Suzuki
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I sit. I sit to become myself. I sit in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, who introduced Soto Zen to America. I sit in the lineage of Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen. I sit in the lineage of Daruma, the founder of Chan (Zen).
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Becoming Yourself (2025) is published 54 years after Suzuki's death and 55 years after his seminal Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. In it's best passages, Becoming Yourself reads a lot like the works of Dogen, which I find compelling and challenging.
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I sit. I sit to become myself. I sit in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki, who introduced Soto Zen to America. I sit in the lineage of Dogen, the founder of Soto Zen. I sit in the lineage of Daruma, the founder of Chan (Zen).
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Becoming Yourself (2025) is published 54 years after Suzuki's death and 55 years after his seminal Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. In it's best passages, Becoming Yourself reads a lot like the works of Dogen, which I find compelling and challenging.
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