we should not treat
ideal or reality something desirable or something not satisfactory. We should,
you know, accept ideal as ideal and reality as reality. So even though our
practice is not perfect, you know, we should accept it, without forgetting,
without rejecting ideal. How to do that is to live on each moment. On each
moment we include reality and ideal. So everything is included on each moment.
So, there's no other way to be satisfied with what we have on each moment. That
is only approach to the ideal. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-29 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
