When you can accept completely the things which people may accept, the truth which is truth for us was the truth for even Shakyamuni Buddha. There is no difference. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-16 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
Saturday, June 5, 2021
Friday, June 4, 2021
New Minimum Edits Project Milestone
85 new minimum edits of Shunryu Suzuki lectures have now been completed. They are lightly edited for readability, keeping as close as possible to what he actually said, but a lot smoother because Suzuki spent a lot of time in some lectures starting a sentence several times, correcting himself, mixing up pronouns and word agreement and singular and plural, saying "you know" a lot, and so forth. Not all the grammar is fixed, just that which gets in the way of reading flow and comprehension. Nine bows to Wendy Pirsig and Peter Ford for a years' careful work and for re-checking the verbatim versions against the audio and thus we have a slew of new corrections to the verbatim set as well. This is a another milestone in the ongoing work with Suzuki's lectures to make them more accessible and digestible and presentable. Here's a page for the New Minimum Edits (2020-2021).
Mystery
Religion is, after all, for ourselves-- each one of ourselves. If so, it is necessary to observe our way as a personal practice and independent effort. And when you get through the superficial activity, you will find out some universal things within yourselves. That is a kind of mystery. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-16 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Pam Chernoff
An old friend of Pam Chernoff has been searching the Internet looking for clues as to what sort of life she had after high school when they knew each other. As a result we've been collecting what we can find on Pam. Barbara Wenger sent photos. I'm going to try to get some dates from her. They'd be from the seventies and eighties. Already have names. Here's one of the photos which is Pam at Tassajara (me thinks) in a meditation robe. There are more at Pam Chernoff's cuke page which so far just has the photos.
If you've got anything to share about Pam, please send it to dchad @ cuke dot com.
Tap Tap
When you know that whatever we do in terms of good or bad, right or wrong, is not perfect, then tentatively you can choose some way. That is, in other words, selflessness. You do not [taps stick twice] force anything. Tentatively: “Let's do this way.” That's all, you know. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-16 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
New there's a link
Blogger lost the link again from yesterday's post. I swear it wasn't me but I didn't check it and that can be fatal. So here it is - and it's there too. Apologies. - dc
Read about Gary Gach and then check out his site - if you wish.
Discussion
Discussion is necessary if you understand the fundamental attitude or fundamental practice of selflessness, discussion is very useful. But usually-- when you-- because you [are] caught by some idea, some way to solve the problem, you cannot solve the problem. Because no way can be perfect. It will create some other problem, whatever you do. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-16 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Mayumi Oda's Life
Sarasvati's Gift: The Autobiography of Mayumi Oda
--Artist, Activist, and Modern Buddhist Revolutionary
Lane Olson has been a guest teacher at Green Gulch Farm and faculty emerita at Sonoma State University, where her courses included Female Images of the Divine and Women in Theology.
One Student No Vote
I don't like to discuss something too much [laughs]. You will be lost in your discussion. It will take, you know, night after night, day by day, and you will not have any conclusion. The last thing you will do is to decide by vote. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 69-03-16 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching.
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