When we talk about ego, the concept of time is
involved and time is continuous and discontinuous. We say time is continuous;
but when I say nine o'clock, that is the idea of discontinuity. So even time is
continuous and discontinuous. So is the self; it is continuous and
discontinuous, it appears and disappears. And yet it is continuous in some way.
But it changes. And as long as it changes, the same ego does not exist. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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.