When you have
questions or problems in your practice, it means that you are not practicing
shikantaza. If you practice shikantaza, you know, you will be monkey-minded
buddha in shikantaza. You will be pain-legged buddha in shikantaza. And your
whole body will be obstacle buddha-- obstacle of buddha-- or to be obstacle
itself is buddha. Is there any problem, you know, when whatever you do, that is
buddha? That is shikantaza. ----------------------------- 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
