Student: Docho Roshi, why are we you?
SR: Why you are me?
Student: Why are we you?
SR: Oh. There is no reason. If you want to find out why, you should ask yourself, you know. [Laughter.]
Student: I am.
SR: Huh?
Student: I am.
SR: Okay. You are. So when you are truly me, there is no problem. But when you say “why,” there may be something to think about [laughter]. But for me, there is nothing to think about between you and me.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-04-23-B - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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for links to the full Shunryu Suzuki lecture and the source of the photo.
