Nature of Our Practice
Shunryū Suzuki
Jonathan
May 2, 20265 December 1967Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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The transcript discusses the nature of Zen practice, emphasizing the challenges beginners face with resistance and the importance of directing effort inward to attain true freedom. It highlights the contamination of human nature by culture, the interplay of resistance and obedience, and the value of transcending dualistic thinking to embrace universal nature. The teachings of Dongen Zenji and the essence of Zen practice as a path beyond discrimination and worldly attachments are central themes.
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