Happy Belated Buddha's birthday

April 8th. In Japan anyway. 

Concentrated

When your effort is concentrated on the true way of things, it is not so easy to be angry. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

Technique

Zen is not some technique, to obtain something. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

The Uncertainty Club

Has a new issue - With each Stitch the World Spews Flames

an online mag from John Tarrant's Pacific Zen Inst.

Patient

If your practice of Zen is right, naturally you will be patient. So there's no need to try to be patient if your practice is good. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

No Gap II

So, you know, dana practice and precepts observation is not two – is just one. And zazen practice is also another side of that one practice. If so, there cannot be any gap between one practice to the other. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

No Gap

In your mind, there should not be any gap from one practice another. If you have right understanding of our practice, there is no gap between your observation of zazen, observation of precepts, or dana Prajnaparamita. All those practice are many many cases of one practice.------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

Steve Tipton has a new book out

The Life to Come: Recreating Retirement

Amazon dot com link

Steve Tipton cuke page

Steve Tipton books page

Stop

To stop anger when it appears, constant practice is necessary. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-12 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.

Grahame Petchey memorial at Green Gulch April 21

Grahame Petchey cuke page