If zazen is the only means to attain enlightenment, few people will be saved by Zen. But according to Dogen Zenji, Zen is not such a thing. Zen is for everyone whether you can cross your legs or not. Everyone is a Zen Buddhist as long as they have buddha-nature.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-21 - 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.
Painting by Dan Welch, 1988