A teacher said, “You should cultivate your virtue. You should accumulate your merit. If you give others the good part of a pickle, then you will accumulate merit. That is why you should take the worst part of the pickle.” And I thought, then I would rather take the best part to let others [laughs, laughter] accumulate more merit. I didn't want to accumulate merit for myself. But I didn't try, but I thought so. Really, I thought so. —Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 67-12-06-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
