I remember saying something very extraordinary: Even though you die, nothing will happen [laughs]. Even if the earth is broken into pieces, nothing will happen. If you practice zazen, your mind will resume where—before anything happens. In our mind, there is no star, no earth, no sun—nothing whatsoever. But everything will come out from that nothingness. So, even though we die, if we know that all of us arise from this nothingness, to die is to come back to the source of life. So, for everything to appear implies the possibility of resuming an original state from which we appear. — Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-05-A - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
