There may be various
kinds of practice, or ways of practice, or understanding of practice. Mostly
when you practice zazen you become very idealistic with some notion or ideal
set up by yourself and you strive for attaining or fulfilling that notion or
goal. But as I always say this is very absurd because when you become
idealistic in your practice you have gaining idea within yourself, so by the
time you attain some stage your gaining idea will create another ideal. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-04-13 found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.
