I don’t want to talk about the history of Zen this morning, but I want to talk about why it is difficult just because you came here this morning. Getting up early is a very valuable experience for you. Just wanting to come here is very valuable. We say shoshin. Shoshin means beginner’s mind. If we can keep beginner’s mind always, that is the goal of our practice.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-11-11 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. These posts are also on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. We are continually working on improving the quality of transcriptions of Suzuki's lectures. After a new "verbatim transcript" is made, we create a minimally edited version which is more readable. See the most recently completed transcripts at shunryusuzuki.com/n.
