So budda-nature is not something which will appear in the future. Real buddha-nature should be something which is actually here [taps on table with stick].
—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.