Buddha did not stick to the words he told. He was like a great doctor who gives his patient a prescription. According to the person, he gave various prescriptions. So that is just a prescription, and he did not have any idea of giving the same prescription [laughs] to various patients.
Photo of Dr. Richard Levine by Sophie Tanbert Gehan
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-00-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.