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Friday, January 10, 2025

Why Something Is Important

You should not neglect our zazen because you think something else is more important. Why something is important for you is because of this practice. So, if you forget all about practice, you lose your life. Whatever you do, it doesn’t work.

Drawing by Stan White

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-04-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.