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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Know the Point of Practice

If you do not know the point of practice, even if you have a good Zen master, you cannot study Zen because you cannot appreciate true activity. If you know why you should practice zazen and what zazen is, you will find out the way we should be: how to achieve something without much effort. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-01-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.