Buddha spoke both eternal truth and situational
truths. The situational truths were those concerning living in India during his
time. The eternal truths are those concerning the nature of human existence
everywhere. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Tony Artino notes from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-04-05 found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC - Many Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts on cuke.com - from there links to much more. Going slowly through Suzuki transcripts featuring whatever is next that seems okay.