Saturday, December 9, 2023

Reality

Student [DC]: Docho Roshi, life is, well, pretty difficult. That’s a pretty small thing to say. I don’t know what it is, so how do I accept it?

SR: The only way is to continue our practice. Without our practice there is no way to find out—to reach the realm where we have not much confusion and trouble—because our way is based on reality.

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.