So to do something with the right feeling is the purpose of practice. You may see someone who does things in quite appropriate ways with a very harmonious feeling. If someone else imitates his practice, it will be an extremely rigid way. But for him it is quite natural. I know some Zen masters who had this kind of feeling. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-01-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
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