[After the chant (the last line of which is, “Buddha’s way is unsurpassable. I vow to attain it.”) Suzuki added:]
I vow to attain it. That is our practice. Right now. I vow to attain it. Don’t say, “I’m just a human a being” or “It is not possible for me to attain it.” Don’t say so. I vow to attain it. Like a child does. That is our practice.
Rhonda under Roshi’s sleeve, Minnie touched by Roshi’s flower, Toni Johansen in gassho, Lethe, Kathy Cook, Silas Hoadly
—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.
