At Eiheiji for us monastic life was usual life, and people who came from the city were unusual people [laughs]. We felt, “Oh, some unusual people came” [laughs]. We thought we were quite usual. But once you go out from Eiheiji and come back to Eiheiji, and hear the various sounds of practice, or hear them reciting sutras, you will feel deep feeling. Tears will flow out of your mouth and eyes and nose [laughter]. It is people who are outside of the monastery who feel something about it. Those who are practicing actually do not feel anything [laughs].
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-09-09 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.
