The way to study true Zen is not verbal. Just open yourself and give up everything.

I feel sorry that I cannot help you very much. But the way to study true Zen is not verbal. Just open yourself and give up everything. Whatever happens, whether you think it is good or bad, study closely and see what you find out. This is the fundamental attitude. Sometimes you will do things without much reason, like a child who draws pictures whether they are good or bad. If that is difficult for you, you are not actually ready to practice zazen.

-- Shunryu Suzuki, Not Always So

Submitted January 29, 2018 at 12:34AM by SilaSamadhi http://ift.tt/2EilzFU