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Thursday, December 8, 2022

Something Which Will Appease

This kind of interest in our practice is not the usual interest of being proud of your power or your understanding, but something which will appease all the ambitious thoughts and all resistance. That is why many artists, poets, samurai and some influential persons—who found a dead end in their way—practiced zazen. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-05-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.