So sometimes we say soft mind. Soft
mind is nyu nan shin. Nyu is soft feeling. Nan is not hard. Something which
is not hard is nan. Nyu is smooth, natural -- mind. When you have that mind you
have the joy of life. When you lose it you lose everything. You have nothing.
Although you think you have or because you think you have -- you have nothing.
When you think you have nothing you have nothing. Do you understand? That is
what we mean by naturalness. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-06-01 as 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, not just the super cool ones,.
