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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Ultimate Truth

When you wonder why, it means you are already caught by superficial thinking—you are trying to understand our practice in a superficial way, without any conviction, without believing in this ultimate truth. No one can deny what I’m saying just now. I’m just saying the truths as they are. I have no particular teaching for you [laughs].

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.