Student: If things, as they are, are selfless, where does the small self come from?
SR: Actually, there is no small self [laughter], but you say [tapping stick on table] there is a small self. That is the mistake. We usually have that kind of mistake.
Image from CD Album Cover
—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.