When it is hot, you should be hot buddha. When it is cold, you should be a cold buddha. But this is a very direct understanding of the story. Actually it says when it is hot, you should kill hot. When it is cold, you should kill cold by practice. But according to Dogen Zenji, when it is cold you should be a cold buddha, and when it is hot you should be a hot buddha. If you say “kill,” kill is extra [laughs]. If you say “to attain enlightenment,” attain is extra.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
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