So first of all, we should understand the Four Noble Truths. The Four Noble Truths explain why we suffer, and this intelligent world is full of suffering. The world we seek is full of suffering. And nirvana—when you find out those worlds which are full of suffering are not real, then you have nirvana. And following the way is how to attain nirvana.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-28-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.
