Whether I am at Tassajara or Sokoji, that’s no trouble. [Laughs.] Should not be any trouble. Even though I die, with me it is all right, and with you it is all right. And if it is not all right, you know, you are not a Zen student. [Laughs.] It is quite all right. That is buddha.
Shunryu Suzuki's last public event.
—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.