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Thursday, November 30, 2023

Always Expressing Buddha-nature

Student [Katherine Thanas]: Docho Roshi, when does my life express the Dharma, and when does it not?

SR: When does it not? There is no time when it doesn’t. It always expresses the Dharma.

Katherine Thanas: But sometimes better than other times.

SR: Hmm, don’t think in that way. You are always expressing buddha-nature. In the same way, it is you who thinks you are expressing “better” or “not so good.”

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-09-00 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.