Even Shakyamuni Buddha cannot fool us about our
real practice, because our practice is independent. We live in our own kingdom.
And continuing this kind of practice moment after moment, we will someday meet
with Shakyamuni Buddha who attained perfect enlightenment. Even if we do not
meet him we should be grateful to him for directing our true study here at Zen
Mountain Center. As long as we know who is our real mother there is nothing to
be afraid of, nothing to worry about. This is our belief in emptiness. Did you
understand?------------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 67-08-24-B as 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, not just the super cool ones.
