Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Mirror or Not

The ultimate truth is so simple and so near at hand-- actually within ourselves. It is pretty difficult to see it-- as difficult as to see our own face. The only way is to look into the mirror. But Dogen Zenji says, it is not like looking in a mirror. But sometimes he says you should look into the mirror [laughter]. Both are true. You know, this is our teaching.  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-19-A as found on shunryusuzuki.comEdited by DC - Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. - Go to cuke.com What's New [now at blogger] to see more daily posts.