As long as our efforts are based on self-centered ideas, there is no congenial life among human beings. Because of those precepts and by reflecting on ourselves and respecting precepts and rules, we will know the direction in which to make effort, and we will have right orientation in our lives. This is why we practice Zen and how Buddhism has developed.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-12-11-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. These posts are also on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. We are continually working on improving the quality of transcriptions of Suzuki's lectures. After a new "verbatim transcript" is made, we create a minimally edited version which is more readable. See the most recently completed transcripts at shunryusuzuki.com/n.
