If there is no difficulty, there is no happiness. If there is no happiness, there is no difficulty. Mechanically, materially, you will think something good [laughs], but this is just materialistic idea. But good and bad is not just materialistic. You cannot find, really, true pure joy in mechanical way of understanding of your life, or by static logic. Buddhism is more dialectical than static logic. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 66-08-17N - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
