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Saturday, February 8, 2020

More on "Just Angry"

The student who'd asked about being "just angry" as if that's the same as "just to sit," says, "But if you 'just do it,' how can you lose it?" 

There's more back and forth and then Suzuki says that anger builds and, "Y
ou will become more angry because you are not just you. That is that is why we say you cannot just to sit when you're angry. Anger or delusion or greed appear when you are not just you.-------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC