Always realize this point: your practice, your
world is your own practice. Some others will practice in some other way; that
is practice also. When we devote ourselves completely with mind and body, this
is the important force, the most important point. When you concentrate on your
practice, the practice itself is the most important point. Concentration is a
part of practice but not all of it. So if you think that just to be
concentrated on something is Zen, that is not true understanding. You have to
accept your practice and at the same time the practice of others. Then you will
not be so attached to your own practice. Here you will have true freedom from
your practice, and will accept many worlds in the same way and develop your
practice to the innumerable worlds until you can sit in your own position in
your own way with your whole mind and body. There is your true zazen. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-08-24-B 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.
