Different and Universal

There is no difference between everyday problems and koans. There is no difference between a bird’s or fish’s way and Buddha’s way. And there are various ways to attain that kind of true way experience which could be your own, and which will be different from each other’s way, and which is a quite independent way from other’s way, and at the same time which is the universal way for everyone. That is the true way. If so, how can I explain [laughs] what is the true way?

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-10 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.

Accept

So, every day—when you accept even toilet-paper buddha, you have the true way. So anyway, the point is that you can accept things as it is, as you accept Buddha as your teacher. That is the true way. And as our patriarch and buddhas did it, it is possible for us to attain that kind of true way.

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-10 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.

Include Everything

The true way is not something you can achieve in terms of right or wrong, successful or not successful. The important point is to always have composure within ourselves whether we are successful or not. To have deep mind, to include everything within ourselves—that is the true way or dao.

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-10 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.