“Those who study the way do not understand if
the way is open or closed.” Dogen means that to study the way with the
idea of gaining something we need as if we were poor beggars means that we
don't know if the way is open or closed. But the truth is that we are not beggars and the way is always wide open. To seek for something special is to ignore
what we have. Zen teaches us that our pockets are full of treasure right now
and that Zen will not add anything to what we already have. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Tony Artino notes from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-04-02. Edited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New (now at blogger) to see more daily posts.
