If you want to go back to the nature, you should
go back to the rocks on the top of the mountain [laughs]. That is much better
than to be a bird, or cat, or even a lion. Be a rock. And sit forever, without
being moved by rain, or snow, or storm. But weathered by rain and snow, rocks
will tell us many stories. You may say that is just a rock. But buddha-nature,
in its truest sense, reveals itself on weathered ancient rocks on the top of the
mountain. ----------------------------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-01-A 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.
