All the desires we have are actually limited, not perfect desire. We should know that. But when we don’t know that, we will get into trouble [laughs]. That is what I mean. The only perfect desire belongs to Buddha: perfect one which includes everything. Whatever Buddha does, it is all right because he is just one whole being [laughs]. For him there is no friend or enemy. What exists is Buddha himself.
Gandhara Buddha, Tassajara Zendo, October 1977
—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.
