Simple and rich. Strong and weak. Strong and kind. This is our practice. So, you cannot say what our practice is because it could be various virtues. It should not be so difficult [laughs], but it is difficult. That is our way. So, you cannot say our way is quite easy [laughs]. And you cannot say our way is very difficult. It is not difficult at all. Everyone can do it, but to continue it is rather difficult. Don’t you think so?
Photo by Tim Buckley
—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.
