Nowadays we have various sects in China and Japan, but why so many founders of various schools make that kind of effort is only to understand who was Buddha. When someone found Buddha was such and such person, he became a founder of some school. All the effort we have been making is to know who is Buddha and what was his teaching. So, for a Buddhist, Buddha is not just a historical person. He is truth itself.
Photo of Chinese Temple by Eric Arnow
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-00-C as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.