For us there are no influential people or farmers. They are all Buddhists for us. As Dogen Zenji said, “You may say a merchant is not a Zen monk. But for Zen monks, there are no merchants or Zen monks. They are all Zen students.” This is our understanding of practice. So, whether they realize it or not, actually we are all practicing zazen.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 - as found on
shunryusuzuki.com
edited by PF. Go to
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Green Gulch Greengrocer c. 1975