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Saturday, October 14, 2023

Be Oneself

This is not something you understand because I say so. This is not teaching you believe in because Buddha said so. This is actual ultimate truth. And the only way to attain renunciation without causing any problems for anyone is just to be oneself. No problem whatsoever.

—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 - 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.

Tony Patchell and Darlene Cohen receiving priest ordination at City Center on May 26, 1999