According to Buddhism, the basic teaching is everything changes. Because of this teaching his disciples treated Buddha as a teacher of heaven and earth. He is not only a teacher of this world; he is a teacher of heaven. Because even if you go to heaven this teaching, that everything changes, will not be different—is also true in heaven. So he is called a teacher of heaven and earth because of this teaching that everything changes. And this is the basic foundation of Buddhist teaching.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-28 - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
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