So, the most important point is to acknowledge exactly what is buddha-nature. Buddha-nature is not small ego; it is big ego which is observing what you do and accepting what you do always. Whatever you do, it will say, “Ah, that’s good.” [Laughing.] “Nothing wrong with it.”
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—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-29-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.
