That you are here means that you will vanish [laughs]. Things which exist are bound to vanish. So, something which you have attained cannot be perpetual attainment.
—Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-24 - 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.
“Portrait of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi” - stained glass by Narcissus Robert Quagliata in the Metropolitan Museum of Art