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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Humbleness

First of all, we have to have wisdom to see things as it is. When we have no selfish ideas, we can see things as it is. So, we know what we are doing always, and we know that we are not perfect, and our idea is a one-sided idea. So, we have always room to accept someone’s idea too because we know that what we say or how we practice is not perfect. That is humbleness. That is how to accommodate our opinion to others’ opinions.

Ch’an Conference, 1976

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.