Student: Docho Roshi. The year that I have lived here at Tassajara has gone by very quickly. But it’s been a very wonderful time for growing up. But the path ahead seems to be just a dream or shadows.
SR: Yes. That is very true. We always feel that we study something right now. Especially when Christmas or New Year’s Day comes, we feel as if we must start some practice today. We always feel that way. That is I think very good. And that is so called beginner’s mind. We should be always beginners. First is maybe a dream [laughs, laughter]. Not good enough, you may feel. That is very true.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-09-00 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.