Being. Being is buddha. Something which exists as it is, is being. Something in the course of formed and forming. In the past it is form, in the present it is forming. Those being is buddha, actual being is buddha. Reality is buddha. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 66-08-17N - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
DC Comment: Seems to me that the word buddha when not used to name a person should not be caps. Neither should god. I think better not to think of them as proper nouns. But I won't argue the point further.