When you sit, you do not feel anything; you just sit. You are in the complete calmness of your mind. But in everyday life, you will be encouraged by the calmness from sitting. So actually, you will find the value of Zen in everyday life, rather than when you sit.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-08-26 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.
