Continuing from Yesterday

In this way, we should take vow, Mahayana vow. This is the way the Buddha's direct disciples took vow. Later, you know, Buddhism became more and more idealistic or more rigid, and we lost the important point. Those things are not something which we could be told. Actually we are leading our life in this way. If you observe carefully our everyday life, we are actually doing in this way. When we understand our life in some sophisticated way [laughs], we get into trouble.                --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki  lecture - 69-04-29 - 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. Got to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.