If you do not have
this secret of practice, you may be easily discouraged. But if you make some
progress in your practice, you know, naturally you will stick to your old same
way [laughs], you know, because you feel very good about your practice, and you
feel you made some progress in your own way. But even so, if you attach to the
same old way, you will be sure in time to be discouraged with your practice, and you will be very much confused. “What is zazen?” you
may say. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-10-12-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. - DC
