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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

The Power of Good Devices

Whatever you say, that is not emptiness itself, but it can be a good device to instruct people and alter their conduct. If someone is too rigid, or someone is too partial to some idea of emptiness or some kind of teaching, we can expediently correct their understanding. So, whatever the teachings are, those teachings are importantly just good devices. And it is important for us to have the power of good devices. So, whatever you do, that activity should be a good device to instruct people [laughs]. You should be a good example for people.

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.