The teaching of
suffering comes from this point, [from the teaching that everything is suffering]. Although
everything, including self, changes always we expect everything not
to change. [Laughs] This is a marvelous fact of our nature. In one hand everything changes and on
the other hand we try not think everything changes. And so there we have
suffering, you know. When we expect things not to change, but actually [laughs]
everything is everything , everything betrays our hope. That is how, you know,
we suffer. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
