This morning, when we were sitting, perhaps you could hear many birds singing. In your practice to hear it, what you feel or what you hear is not just birds. It is quite different from when you usually hear birds. Instead of being disturbed by the birds, you will feel a deeper feeling of your practice. If you do not hear anything, it is like breathing without a mouth or nose [laughs]. No problem, but no feeling. Something which will come into your practice will deepen your feeling of practice. —Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-04-23-A - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives or cuke.com/ig for links to the full Shunryu Suzuki lecture and the source of the photo.
