If we do something we cannot say, “I am doing something,” because there is no one independent separate from others.… When I say something, you are hearing it. So, I cannot do anything just for myself…. When someone does something, everyone is cooperating, and everyone will be doing something.
L to R: Phillip Wilson, Shunryu, Mitsu Suzuki, ?, David Chadwick, Richard Baker - Tassajara 1967
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-30 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.