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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Help Others

First of all you should be able to accept things as it is, and you should be able to help others in various ways, not just by sitting. So although we have no koans, we have various kinds of ways of helping people, not just by sitting.

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-07-24 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.