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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

The Only Thing We Can Say

Actually we are practicing Dogen’s way day by day, but for us there is no time to figure out what he meant completely. And even though we human beings continue his way forever, we will not be able to say this is his way. The only thing we can say is this is the way which has no end and no beginning, and from this way we cannot escape. That is all that we can say.

Circumambulating Mt. Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, 2011

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-12-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.