It looks like a waste of time [laughs, laughter], but it is not so. That attitude [to study with no purpose] is important. If you continue to try to seek in that way, more and more you will gain power to understand things.
Joanne Kyger
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-15 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.