When I got up twenty minutes earlier than the handbell came, I was scolded. “Don’t get up so early! You will disturb my sleep.” Usually if I got up earlier it was good, but for my teacher it was not good [laughs]. When you try to understand things better, without any rules or prejudice, then that means selflessness.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-15 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
