Dogen said, “think non-thinking.” When you do this, you cannot think, but your mind is pervading every part of your body. So that is “think non-thinking,” not usual thinking in terms of good or bad. Your mind is everything and is every part of your body. When you practice zazen in that way, figuratively speaking, you manifest the Buddha in each world, in every pore of your body.
Painting by Helen Dunham
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-08-25 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.