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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Duality or nothing happenin'

So for us, one and many, that dualistic pair of duality is the unit of existence. Here I am a, you know, speaker, and you are audience. The speaker and audience is the relationship -- duality in this case. Because of this duality, there is some activity going on now. If there is no duality, nothing will happen [laughs] to us.  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-19-D as found on shunryusuzuki.comEdited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts.