If our community expands, we will have big problems. I’m sure you will say, it’s better not to [laughs]. Before you say so, you should think why [laughs]. Why is this a problem for me? The more I think about this point, the more I find out why Dogen Zenji put emphasis on shikantaza. He says: “First of all, before we practice zazen, in delusion we should set up our pure way of practice. Before enlightenment, we should attain enlightenment.”
Drawing by Stan White
—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.