It is necessary to understand that much [not to get stuck or caught by some particular idea]. Without understanding it, if you push one side always, that will be awful. So, at least we should know both sides. Then the rules we have will help us. But if we don’t know the other side, rules will make us worse.
From Buddhadharma Fall 2013, Illustration by Stacy Innerst
—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.