In the Zen school we wipe up everything, all the dust on the mirror. And to see everything on the reflection of the mirror is our way. Or to erase everything from the blackboard and to write something on it is Zen. And we continue this kind of activity, wipe it up, and write something on it, and wipe it up. Because I try to explain it as our human experience, I put it in this way. But actually what we are doing is to continue this kind of effort.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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