Docho Roshi, the top of the mountain is a place without competition. Why is there so much competition to get there?
SR: Because you forget your seat and try to find your seat there is so much competition. Each one sits on the top of his own mountain, you know. Each one of us is boss. [Laughter.] There is no competition.
—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.
Mitsu Suzuki at Green Gulch Farm
