Thursday, June 15, 2017

Holes

As long as you are making a dualistic effort, you cannot do anything because you are a basket. You are full of holes. Holes are you. We say, muro-chi. Murochi means “no hole wisdom.” [Laughter.] Our wisdom is hole wisdom. Wisdom with holes. But for us, no holes wisdom is just dipping a basket in the water. Then there is no hole [laughter].  ------------------------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-06-11 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay, not just the super cool ones,.