The teaching that form is emptiness and
emptiness is form is not just a verbal teaching of Buddha. It is more than
that. If you are thinking of the time before the historical Buddha, born about
2500 years ago, you may say the teaching is something told by Buddha. But after
Buddha attained enlightenment, practice and enlightenment were one within him.
Where there is practice there is enlightenment. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.
