When you study Buddhism, you have a lot of selfish ideas: “I study. I must know what it is.” When you want to listen to your teacher, there is not much of a selfish idea. That is the difference. This is a very important point.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-08 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
