File Name: 65-11-11
Thursday, November 11, 1965
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, p. 21
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verbatim transcript, from Los Altos, audio exists, Was 11-10 but 11-11 = thurs. Engage Wisdom writes, "Newly imported in 2020 from the original tape reel, this audio recording was previously lost from the archives, with only the 1960’s transcript surviving."
People say to study Zen is difficult, in what way—but there is some misunderstanding why it is difficult. It is not difficult because to sit in cross-legged position is hard, or to attain enlightenment is hard, but it is hard to keep our mind pure, and to keep our practice pure in original way. Zen become more and more impure, and after Zen—Zen school established in China, it is a development of Zen, but at the same time it is—it become impure. But I don’t want to talk about Chinese Zen or history ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).