Although our practice is quite simple, this is the result of myriad people’s hard practice and way. They risked their lives for this way and established this way of practice and understanding. Negation and after negation. Criticism after criticism, we have established this kind of teaching.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17N as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.