Concentration
is not to try hard to watch something. In zazen if you try to look at one spot
you will be tired in about five minutes. This is not concentration.
Concentration means freedom. So your effort should be directed at nothing. You
should be concentrated on nothing.
Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-00-00-BE as found on shunryusuzuki.com. This is a quote from ZMBM chapter Emptiness, p.110. There is no other version of this lectures that remains so we use the chapter from the book. - dc
Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-00-00-BE as found on shunryusuzuki.com. This is a quote from ZMBM chapter Emptiness, p.110. There is no other version of this lectures that remains so we use the chapter from the book. - dc