Friday, October 27, 2023

In Each Pore

The mysterious power of showing the appearance of the Buddha in each world in each pore of the body: that is actually zazen practice. When you practice zazen in its true sense, actually you are Buddha himself, and in each pore of your body you have so many worlds [laughs]. And in each of the worlds, there is Shakyamuni Buddha. This is an explanation of our shikantaza.

Photo by Meiya Wender

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.