So, when you accept difficulties with confidence, with big mind, or when you let your difficulty work in its true function, then you have no difficulty—that is not difficulty any more. The difficulty is like a bird flying in the sky. Your mind, the sky knows what it is, "Oh, bird is flying" [laughs]. That's all [laughter]. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 66-08-17N - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. 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. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
