After Dogen left this kind of teaching, it is seven, no, 900 years. But we are still caught by just materialistic understanding of life, and our logic is static logic. You are counting bank book [laughs, laughter]. That is static logic [laughs]. You do not think even in dialectic way. Dogen Zenji's way of thinking was very much dialectical. If you practice Buddhism in its true sense, you will have this kind of freedom of our mind. --------------------------- 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
