To express our spirit or way, it is necessary to express it through action, through our bodies. Our physical action is very important. Actually, when you are trained, your demeanor will be different. Your conduct will be refined. Without a well-trained body, it is impossible to express the truth and help others.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-30-D as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. These posts are also on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. We are continually working on improving the quality of transcriptions of Suzuki's lectures. After a new "verbatim transcript" is made, we create a minimally edited version which is more readable. See the most recently completed transcripts at shunryusuzuki.com/n.
