Dogen’s practice is something beyond formal practice or spiritual practice, and even beyond enlightenment. The more you try to figure it out, the more you feel distance from your practice and from his practice, and yet there is some practice which cannot be escaped from.
Tassajara, winter-spring practice period 1974
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-12-B as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.