In our monastic life, you should be able to do whatever it is. Whoever it is, your teacher is your teacher. That is the only way to get rid of your selfish practice. You should forget all about why or how, even [laughs]. You should do it, whether it is creative activity or imitation. It doesn’t matter.
Mel Weitsman, Claude Dalenberg, Shunryu Suzuki, Kobun Chino, Dainin Katagiri - 1969
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-16 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.