Recently I asked you and I want you to reflect on why you study Buddhism. Because I think if this point is not fully understood, it may be difficult to put our whole spiritual and physical power in our practice. Maybe in your practice without thinking about our life more deeply, if you have a problem, you will try to solve it by means of practice or teaching. Then you will not be sincere enough to practice our way because you are always fascinated by some teaching or chanting. We don’t realize that what we study in an intellectual way is very shallow, but what we actually experience is very deep.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-12-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.