Be Kind With Yourself - Beliefnet.com: "If we do not have some warm, big satisfaction in our practice, that is not true practice. Even though you sit, trying to have the right posture and counting your breath, it may still be lifeless zazen, because you are just following instructions. You are not kind enough with youself. You think that if you follow the instructions given by some teacher, then you will have good zazen, but the purpose of instruction is to encourage you to be kind with yourself. Do not count your breaths just to avoid your thinking mind but to take the best care of your breathing."
Shunryu Suzuki, from 'Not Always So'
Looked this up after hearing Norm Randolph on oct 21, 2012
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