What I am afraid of is mixing up with religion: Zen and LSD [laughs]. There is very, very little relationship. It is quite another matter, the problem of LSD and the problem of religion are quite different matters. Actually, religious people may use it. But when we discuss something or when we want to figure out the clear idea of LSD, we must make this point clear, or else we will have useless discussion. One is going this way, and the other is going that way. And they will have no chance to meet [laughs].
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-26-D 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.
