A gaining idea is based on a selfish idea. When you just sit because you are told to sit, only because that is Buddha’s way, then you have not much selfishness in your practice.
Chapel Hill Zen Group
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-08 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
