We say our practice is scare-crow practice. If
you just sit there are no sparrows around you. Even though you do not try to
scare them they are scared of you and they do not come to you. So if you
practice zazen there is no problem and there are no precepts to observe. So
there’s no need to observe them. You are observing them. And you have wisdom.
In this way we should keep our precepts and we should cope with our problems. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-08-00 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,
