But a view of being and a view of non-being is not possible to accept. We can accept one of the two, but we cannot accept two of those viewpoints. So, here there is another problem for us. But when you face this second problem, you will be said to be a Buddhist. You will give up relying on your intellectual understanding of teaching, and you will start our practice of accepting this kind of paradox.
—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.
