There are various ways of life, and there are misunderstandings with your life, so there must be some
philosophy as a background of this kind of teaching. That is why we find our
teaching pretty difficult, especially when you studied intellectually. The best
way is just to practice until you understand it. This method is completely
different method: to force some way on us. -------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-06-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC