Evelyn Pepper: Docho Roshi, you say that we’re all one. Then why are we—is everything so different?
SR: Yeah. Because it is different, they are all one. Do you understand? [Laughs, laughter.] If it is the same, it is not even one. We say “one” because they are different. If it is the same from the beginning, there is no need to say one. Okay?
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-11-11 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
