Melting into rivers of gold, tasting the bitterest dregs at the bottom of the teacup, I feel I am a more complete person for having these experiences because I find a world that is not measured. However, I don’t want to become attached to this world, but want to give it its proper place so it will have its own existence. How can I achieve this?
SR: You understand very well. But still your understanding is not real because too much idea of ego is involved in it. So don’t think so much. Instead of thinking, you should try to forget yourself by all means. Okay?
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-04-23-B - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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Teacup Dragon by Dan Welch