The sun-faced buddha is good; the moon-faced buddha is good. So, whatever it is, that is good—that all things are Buddha. And there is no Buddha, even. But usually when you say “no Buddha,” [laughs] it means that you stick to only one of the three understandings, that is, “no buddha,” the opposite of “buddha.” Buddha; no buddha; and buddha or no buddha. Whatever you say, it is all right. If you have complete understanding of it, whatever you say, it is all right.
—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.
