Student: Docho Roshi, what is the meaning of the Lotus Sutra?
SR: Lotus Sutra. If you understand what is this place—where you are and what you are doing—you will understand the meaning of Lotus Sutra. In that way you should study. Don’t think there is some special meaning to anything—to anything.
—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.