For me science is different. It’s from the viewpoint of a scientist. That is why even a scientist who has very advanced knowledge in a scientific way may become very superstitious [laughs]. You may say, “How is it possible for him to believe in such a primitive idea?” But some of them are quite superstitious. Science and spiritual life are quite different for him. Scientific knowledge and spiritual understanding are quite different: two matters for us.
—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.
