The conclusion of my talk is always why we should practice zazen. This is not just casual talk. And basically, my talk is based on the Shobogenzo. Fortunately, we have a complete system of how to understand true religion. True religion cannot be understood in a philosophical or a scientific way. The only way to understand or to realize our true nature is just through practice.
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—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-26-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.