Docho Roshi, if desires are inexhaustible, how can we put an end to them?
Inexhaustible. To put an end to it does not mean to annihilate it. When you do not try to put an end to it is actually when you put an end to it. An evil desire is not evil any more. Because we treat it the wrong way or try to stop it, it changes into evil, and it will disturb our practice.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-04-23-B - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
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Deborah Madison