The usual understanding of the teaching as
something told by Buddha is not direct enough. When you understand that
Shakyamuni Buddha is emptiness, then you will find that innumerable worlds come
out from emptiness, and that emptiness actually exists in each world or each
moment, that each world and each moment exists in emptiness. When you practice
zazen, this emptiness is there, and when you reach this understanding, you will
find out the meaning of the teaching and you will practice in quite a different
way. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-08-24-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay, not just the super cool ones.
