At first, for everyone, for even most Japanese, it is difficult to sit in
half-lotus position even. This is very difficult. And, in this case,
your knee should touch to the floor [laughs]. Okay? This
way. If it is difficult, you put something underneath, like
this. And if you do it for one or two
months every day, for more than thirty minutes, eventually
your knees get closer to the floor. This is how you cross your legs.------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-08-A 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.
