We have many students now. That is, I think, very good. But it is difficult for me to take care of you because you are so many [laughs]. I am always thinking about what to do with so many students. While I was in bed, I thought it may be better for us to be concentrated on a more simple practice. I think the most simple practice is counting breathing practice: susoku. This is a very old style of practice that was for Theravada Buddhists and Mahayana Buddhists and for Bodhidharma’s zazen and for various teachers’ practice. It is very simple but is pretty difficult: just to count from one to ten, over and over. [Laughs.] That is the practice.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-05-18 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
