Real Practice

Because Dogen’s mind was free from concrete, static logic he could establish his own way of life, and he left immortal teaching for us. Dogen Zenji was great not because of his deep lofty philosophy, but because of his actual practice, real practice, transmitted from Buddha through many, many patriarchs.

—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-08-17N as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.