Fold

So, I don't think all of you can practice our way with a teacher always. Some of you must go to your own home and practice alone. In such case, when you have some new experience, you should continue your practice folding the new experience within yourself, and act bravely according to the new experience. This kind of make-shift is necessary for you. We should not, you know, bound by same old way always. We should be always ready for a new experience. You may say that is kensho, or you may say—whatever you may say, this is quite new experience—experience both intellectual and emotional.              --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 67-08-20 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo

DC Comment: Suzuki's comments about how to deal with unusual experiences for the last few days were surely given during the sesshin at the end of the first practice period and directed at Tim Burkett who'd had a great experience. He talks about it in his recent podcast and describes it in answer to a question at the bottom of his cuke page.

Andy Ferguson's great Zen Lineage Chart

This map was created to show the descent of the Zen ancestors, starting with Bodhidharma, and going down through the traditional five schools. The index not only allows locating a particular ancestor on the map, but also indicates where they can be found in the Blue Cliff Record, the Book of Serenity, and the Wumenguan (Mumonkan). Each ancestor is shown with their names in the Wade-Giles, Pinyin, and Romaji forms, along with their dates of birth and death (where known).

Andy's great Zen Lineage Map

Andy's cuke page

Susan Moon's got a New Book out

 

Congratulations Susan!

Alive till You're Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch

Read about it, choice of where to order it from  

Here's one of a number of impressive blurbs:

“Reading this book is like finding a friend, someone who is a bit wiser and more clear-sighted, honest and plain-spoken, someone who faces her fears and will help you face yours. Alive Until You’re Dead should be required reading for all mortals.”—Ruth Ozeki, author of The Book of Form and Emptiness

Doing a cuke podcast with Susan in a few days. It will go online the weekend of May 7th. - dc 

Wonder

So, before you become afraid of it, or before you wonder what it is, you should practice more under the new experience, following the new experience. This is also a very important thing. You may see your teacher when you have a new experience, but teacher will say, "Practice more with the new understanding."              --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 67-08-20 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo

An Art Exhibition not to miss

WILLARD DIXON 

APRIL 30 — MAY 27 —  Solo

Opening reception: April 30th, 5-7pm

ANDRA NORRIS GALLERY
311 Lorton Ave
Burlingame, CA 94010 USA
gallery: 650-235-9775
Info@andranorrisgallery.com

Andra Norris Gallery page for Mike's show

New

When you experience some new experience, at first you may be, you know, even afraid of it. And you may cry over the new experience even, because it is so different from the experience you have had, and the experience is too real to you. But that is because your practice is still wanting. You have to practice in other words until you get accustomed to, you can digest the new experience and you can act properly according to the new experience. This kind of understanding is necessary.              --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 67-08-20 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo

Instagram Cuke Archives

 

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lives online at cuke.com, cukenew.blogspot.com and ShunryuSuzuki.com. This is an excerpt edited from lecture 67-08-24-B at shunryusuzuki2.com/Detail1?ID=173. For links try: cuke.com/ig — contact: cuke-ig@sonic.net.

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thanks Peter Ford

Continuing from Yesterday's Time talk

Student: Well then how do you interpret change? Or is there change, at all?

==Suzuki: Didn’t I explain about time? I thought I did. Time is something continuously change. And time is something -- idea of time is some continuous -- idea of continuity. And at the same time, idea of discontinuity.

When I say it is thirty-five past nine, time is idea of discontinuity. It is going [laughs], but we say it is thirty-seven minutes after nine. We cannot say so, but if we cannot say so, there is no reason why we have [laughs] a clock. When we use clock, we have the idea of time, and the idea of discontinuity of time. But actually, it is going, so time is idea of continuity. So, time is something is idea of continuity and discontinuity. So, you understand one reality in two ways: continuity and discontinuity, which is, you know, a pair of opposite ideas and contradict each other. So, in contradiction, you know, there is reality. So, to enjoy our life you need to have your past and future as your own. But each time you have your past and future, maybe past in this moment will be the same, but we are independent.             --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 68-07-23 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo

A Song about Tassajara

Fooled by Everything 1980

On April 15th, I put an old music project online, the fifth album from the Defuser Music basket published through CD Baby and available on various platofrms like Spotify. I link to the ones on YouTube because they don't need an app to access.  

On this album is a song about Tassajara. Here's the YouTube link:

Where the World was Born

That's Liz Tuomi upper right, my mate for nine years and a superb pianist. Middle left is Alan Stone, son of Barton and Martha. Sadly, both Liz and Alan are not with us anymore. 

Here's a page for the album on Defuser Music dot com.

 

Beyond Time

Student: I can say now that I am 21 years old, and that my body is young, and it’s not giving me too much trouble. But when I get to be 65, it may be giving me a lot of trouble. And science would say that the reason that this is happening is because my body is getting older. And what I would like to know, is for a person who has gone beyond time, how would this person interpret the change that’s occurred to his body?

Suzuki: [Laughs] Beyond time! [laughs, laughter]. Beyond time does not mean [laughter, laughs] to be some quite different experience, departing stage or celestial being. [laughter] 

Student J: Maybe without time would be better than saying beyond time.

Suzuki: Beyond time means to live in each moment. To enjoy or to appreciate your life, day by day, is how to live beyond the idea of time. Actually, there is no time, you know. Time is something which is happening. Day after day is time. There is no measurement of time. You may say clock is measuring but that is not true.            --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 68-07-23 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo