When we say “buddha-nature,” you may think buddha-nature is some innate nature. In Japanese we use the same word—nature—buddha-nature. But actually, it is not nature like the nature of human beings or plants or cats or dogs. Strictly speaking, it is not that kind of nature. “Nature” means something which is there whatever you do. Nature is not something which is there before you do something. When you do something, at the same time, nature appears. That is nature.
Photo by Alain Crockin (Donn Deangelo)
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-20 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
