Buddhism means here,
not only, Buddhist teachings, to study everything is to
study ourselves. And to study ourselves is to forget ourselves. And to forget
ourselves is to be enlightened by things we study. Some things we study will teach us something real and true. So Dogen said, to study ourselves is to be enlightened by everything. And this
enlightenment goes forever. In this way, wiping the enlightenment and having
enlightenment again. In this way this enlightenment proceeds you where you go
on and on and on and you will understand everything in its true sense. -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC
