If possible, we should give instructions one-by-one. But because that is difficult, we give some lectures like this [laughs]. But you shouldn’t stick to a lecture. You should think more about what I really mean. So, for the beginner, maybe instruction is necessary, but for advanced students, we don’t give so much instruction, and they should try various ways.
Fall Practice Period 1984
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-15 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.