Enlightenment will
happen to you, you know, when you are very, very, very truthful to the fact or
truthful to, not to, if truthful to, although you are not truthful toward
reality or fact from both sides, but even, you know, if you are very truthful
to one sided view of life, you know, then you have chance to attain enlightenment,
you know. And whether you attain enlightenment or not, you know, this is true.
[much laughter] -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
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