The foundation of our culture is based on individualism, which is based on the idea of self. And from the time of the Renaissance, we started to put emphasis on our human nature rather than something which is called “divine nature” or “holy nature.” And we wanted to express our human nature as much as possible. So, holy nature or buddha-nature, were replaced by human nature. And that human nature is not what we mean by buddha-nature. This is, you know, the starting point of our mistake.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-08 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
