If you have some pain or some difficulty, it is a good chance to practice because controlling power will appear. If you do not know this secret [laughs], you will just be involved in pain. But if you know the other side of pain, you will appreciate it and balance it with the power of training. Without pain maybe it is rather difficult for a beginner to appreciate the power of Zen. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-02 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
