Nowadays, if you want some calmness in your life, you have to go to mountain or retreat, or you have to build some special home for you, with a double wall [laughs], some contrivance is necessary. But even though you live in calm place, if your mind becomes agitated and restless, there is no calmness. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 66-03-26-C - 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
