The true teaching is to accept “things as it is”
and to raise it, or to let it grow, as it goes. I understand the purpose of our
practice in this way. We do it by living on each moment in the right position,
by giving things some nourishment, day by day, when they want it. And to
understand what they want, you should be able to talk with them. That is Zen.
Did you understand? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-09-08 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.
