So here it is with a DC edit.
The sun is not, you know, shining, only on the earth. If the earth happens to be here, the sun will [laughs] shine on our earth. To think the unthinkable, your mind must be like the sun. It is shining, but it is not shining on some particular thing. It is more than thinking about something. --------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-04-A - as found on shunryusuzuki.com, from one of the newly discovered (2021) lecture tapes. Edited by DC - Going through Suzuki lectures and posting anything that can stand on its own. Not looking for zingers or "the best of." I find that following these excerpts daily provides another way to experience Suzuki's teaching. Go to https://www.instagram.com/cuke_archives/ for more daily Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
Monday, December 27, 2021
Neglected to edit Friday's Suzuki lecture excerpt
