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Tuesday, November 1, 2022

No Practice Can Be Perfect Practice

No practice can be perfect practice. Even though to wash your face is a very good habit, but, if you are always washing your face, you cannot attain enlightenment [laughs, laughter]. The same thing can be said about your zazen practice. Zazen is a very good practice. But if you just are always practicing zazen, you know, it doesn't work. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-04-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.