Without practicing zazen [laughs], just to make
your effort means nothing. You think you did something, but actually you didn't do anything. It has nothing to do with other people. A person might think they did something, but [laughs] actually it is not so.---------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-01=B 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.
