All that we do or all that we think is not absolute itself. So, there is no reason why we should attach to it. The only thing we should observe as absolute is emptiness, which is the absolute in its true sense, which is quite different from somethingness [laughs]. All that you do is somethingness, and you cannot understand emptiness. So, that is why it is called emptiness.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-08-25 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.