As long as you seek for something, you will get just a shadow of reality, not the actual one. Only when you do not seek for anything, you have it. So, when you do not try to attain enlightenment, you have it, you know.
—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.
Shadow screen of Shunryu Suzuki by Al Wong
