The famous Zen master Joshu attained enlightenment when he was eighteen, and he was practicing hard until he was sixty. And after sixty he started a new practice, making trips to visit various famous Zen masters. And he never sat in a perfect chair like this. His chair was always broken, and he kept mending the chair with pieces of wood and rope. I think that is the true spirit of a Zen master or priest.
Sumi drawing by Stan White
—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.
