Yesterday I explained something about our inmost nature. This nature is not possible to study by science, or philosophy. This nature cannot be an object of study. We can point at it, but we cannot study what it is. For instance, when you choose one of two ways, it is not possible to know what that “you” is. You choose one of two ways. “What shall I do?” you may ask. It is not possible to figure out what that “I” is.
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—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-27-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.
