We sit in this way. This is how different it
is-- our practice. That is why we should practice zazen, and you should not
neglect our zazen because you think something else is more important. Why
something is important for you is because of this practice. So if you forget
all about the practice, you lose your life. Whatever you do, it doesn't work.
If you insist it works, you lose yourself. You are no more. You vanish [laughs]
from this world. ---------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-01-A 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.
