This kind of reason why you practice your way is—there is no other way to say it, so we say, “Your buddha-nature seeks for buddha.” Buddha seeks for buddha. But this is a very mystical way of putting it, but [laughs] there is no other way to say it. So, we say, buddha-nature seeks for buddha-nature.
Kannon statue at Eiheiji. Photo by Andrew Atkeison.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-12-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.