If you compare the Shobogenzo to your philosophy of religion, you will find the difference between your understanding of religion and Dogen’s understanding of religion. He does not allow his Shobogenzo to be a philosophy. Shobogenzo is not philosophy. Shobogenzo is religious literature, or religious philosophy, not philosophy of religion [laughs]. Direct religious experience is Shobogenzo.
—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.
