To take a vow is very important. To believe in Buddhism means to take vows. If you don’t take vows, life will be the life of karma. Only when we take vows will our life be the life of a Buddhist. And how we take vows may be the most important point.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-04-29 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.
