In Japan scholars and teachers study Zen and Buddhism from various angles. But if they ignore real practice, it may be like counting the sand of the Ganges. It doesn’t work at all [laughs]. They will create more problems, and Buddhism will be lost. I think this is a very serious problem.
Ganges - Varanasi
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-05-18 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.