Docho Roshi, how can I behave with my usual mind when my house is on fire?
On fire. [Laughs.] Why don't you get out of it? [Laughter.] Give up your house. You will find a good new house.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-04-23-B - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
instagram.com/cuke_archives or cuke.com/ig
for links to the full Shunryu Suzuki lecture and the source of the photo.
Photo from LA Times of 2016 fire at Palo Colorado Canyon in Big Sur