Practice and teaching and enlightenment go
round and round and round. You cannot say which is what. It is same thing, “Which is first-- egg or hen?” It is simultaneous, actually. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-19-C as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited 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.
I assume the way to edit that is
It is same thing as, “Which is first-- egg or hen?”
but he could have meant
It is same thing. [meaning they are the same thing] and then brought in the old query] “Which is first-- egg or hen?” - dc