When I die, the moment I am dying, if I suffer, that is all right, you know. That is suffering buddha [laughs]. No confusion in it. Maybe everyone will struggle because of the physical agony and spiritual agony too. But that is all right. That is not a problem. We should be very grateful to have a limited body like me and like you. If you had limitless life, it would be a great problem for you [laughs].
Green Gulch Farm memorial for Suzuki
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-09 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.