If you make some progress in your practice, naturally you will stick to your old same way [laughs] because you feel very good about your practice, and you feel you made some progress in your own way. But even so, if you attach to the same old way, you will surely have times when you will be discouraged with your practice, and you will be very much confused. “What is zazen?” you may say.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-12-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.