When you practice, there is no Buddha and no human being. That which exists is just practice. When you say, “I am human being,” it means human-being-buddha— another name of buddha. We understand in that way.
—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.
Drawing by Stan White
