Buddha’s teaching is not the written teaching or something told by the historical Buddha. When the Sambogakaya Buddha, the true Buddha told it, it was Buddha’s teaching—very much so. But when we read, we are trying to figure out what he told us, what was the true teaching, and what was the historical Buddha. We are, in other words, deeply attached to someone else, forgetting all about the ultimate fact that we are here.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.