If they sit one year, most students will actually have calmness of mind, have this quality of
practice. But when you try to figure out what is your practice, you have there a problem, or you create problems which do not belong to your practice. If
you just sit, there is no problem for most of our students, but sometime you
create problem, that's all. And you fight with the problem, that's all
[laughs]. You are creating it, actually. In your zazen there is no problem. ----------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-12-B 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
