So, Itself is Buddha, and Mind is Buddha. And Is is Buddha. Being is Buddha, and Buddha is Buddha. Buddha is, of course, Buddha, although we don’t know what it is! [Laughs, laughter.] And there’s no need to know what it is, because we are Buddha! If so, what is the necessity for us to know who he is?
Art by Kakinuma Ninshou
—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.
