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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Everyone Is a Zen Buddhist

If zazen is the only means to attain enlightenment, few people will be saved by Zen. But according to Dogen Zenji, Zen is not such a thing. Zen is for everyone whether you can cross your legs or not. Everyone is a Zen Buddhist as long as they have buddha-nature.

—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-21 - 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.

Painting by Dan Welch, 1988