When a monk asked a master, “What should I do when cold weather comes?” The master said, “Cold? Be a cold buddha. And when summer comes, be a hot buddha.” When you have no gaining idea, you become various buddhas moment after moment. Cold buddha, hot buddha, painful buddha, monkey minded buddha [laughs].
Tassajara Photo by Gene DeSmidt
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-12-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.