Student: How is it possible to do too much or try too hard?
SR: To get up too early before other students. To get up early and to sit—that is not good practice! Our rules are not so loose. Our rules are just right [laughs]. If you try to do more, you will be exhausted. You could not keep your practice for seven days—eventually you would give up. So, this much care is necessary on the part of the teacher or leader.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-00-00-B - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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for links to the full Shunryu Suzuki lecture and the source of the photo.
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