To study something is to find out what you have learned before. To hear something is to hear what you have studied. And in this way your mind always develops itself by itself. Nothing from outside comes into your mind. All the activity is the self-activity of your own mind.
From calligraphy by Reuven Ben Yuhmin
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-12-04-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
