If you understand this kind of spirit of making an offering, as Dogen Zenji says, it should be like offering a flower which blooms in remote mountains to the Buddha. It should be like this. In spring, in Japan we have cherry blossoms, and to offer those cherry blossoms to the Buddha is kuyō--is offered to make offering. —Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-01-12 - as found on shunryusuzuki.com edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives or cuke.com/ig for links to the full Shunryu Suzuki lecture and the source of the photo.
