So whether you understand it intellectually or not is not point. We say if you attend a lecture, even though you are sleeping, it is all right. [Laughs, laughter.] It is all right because, you know, the teaching will come right into your home, through your, you know, through your nose or whatever you call it. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-04-19 - 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. Got to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
