If you
try to calm down your mind you cannot sit, and if you try not to be
disturbed by it, your effort will not be right effort. The only effort you can do is to count your breathing or to be
concentrated on your inhaling or exhaling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-03-23. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com Wha at's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts
Want to add something to Saturday's comment about the hundreds of corrections that have been made to the Shunryu Suzuki transcripts (default or most verbatim versions). Of course we will be adding errors and making mistakes too. It would be good to check them against the tapes again, especially with the more clear digital versions we have now. Anyway, the process is almost endless even in an archive this small. - dc
Want to add something to Saturday's comment about the hundreds of corrections that have been made to the Shunryu Suzuki transcripts (default or most verbatim versions). Of course we will be adding errors and making mistakes too. It would be good to check them against the tapes again, especially with the more clear digital versions we have now. Anyway, the process is almost endless even in an archive this small. - dc