Something is good like [laughs] "Oh, reality is good [laughs] people are enjoying" [laughter]. That's all. That is the kind of, you know, understanding we have. So, to know things through and through is the point. Without criticizing what it is. If you like, you can criticize it [laughs, laughter], but that criticism [has] nothing to do with the big mind [laughs]. --------------------------- 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.
