If you don’t know what to do, you may take a risk. That’s our usual way and very easy. Or we think this is the most scientific and intellectual way. “If I have LSD, there will be no need to practice zazen” [laughter]. Oh my! It is very difficult to make them realize what they are doing. When they think they are right, it is very difficult to let them know why it is wrong. They may find out what they were doing, but when it is too late.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-28-D 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.