Because we are such intellectual beings it is necessary to be free from our reasoning or our intellect. And instead of being caught by our intellectual mind, we should seek for something more, and we have to rely on the way things goes. Here we are practicing, maybe you feel, the Indian way or Chinese way or Japanese way. But actually, there is no special way. Our way is not just for Japanese or Chinese or Indian people. This is for everyone. We sit in a cross-legged position, but if you think just the cross-legged position is Zen, that is a big mistake.
Oil portrait of Shunryu Suzuki, 1971
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-12-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
