When we say “Buddha,” there is no need to say, “Is” or “Mind itself.” When we say “is", “is” is being, or suchness or thusness. Being is Buddha. Being—something which exists as it is, is “Being.” Those being is Buddha, actual being is Buddha. Reality is Buddha.
—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.
