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Saturday, October 6, 2018

Keep Standing on Your Head

Like I told you over and over, the point of our effort is like this: for beginner it looks very discouraging and frustrating. Someone in dokusan said [laughs] Zen is like standing on your head [laughs]. It is simple [laughing], but to keep standing on your head is very difficult. I think that is very true.  --------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-05-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture ex/cerpts on cuke.com - from thee links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.