Saturday, May 26, 2018

Means

When you practice, when you do something, at least at that time that is Zen practice. So actually, as Dogen said, there is no particular enlightenment you will attain by means of some practice, because whatever you do, that is zazen. If so, you know, the means to attain enlightenment is also true practice. ----------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-01-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.