We have many ways of escaping—we can now escape from this earth to the moon, even! [Laughs.] We have many ways of escaping trouble. And we have not much courage to face or to be satisfied with a cup of water. We are trying to put sugar in it, and to sell something. And it is not just exactly what I want. Maybe I want a cup of plain water more. But we have to drink it because we try to escape from something. We want to make ourselves happy, without, you know, making ourselves really happy. —Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-00-00-B - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives or cuke.com/ig for Shunryu Suzuki lecture excerpts - with a photo.
