When you want to have calm serene mind, the monkey mind, you will be
discouraged by [laughs] your monkey mind. But when you have no gaining idea,
when you just sit and accept it, then monkey mind is one finger -- Tenryu's one
finger. So moment after moment, various buddhas will appear in your practice.
Monkey mind is, in that case, monkey-minded buddha: not just ordinary monkey mind, that is monkey mind buddha. When it is hot, it is hot buddha. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-12-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC
