We use koans too. In Dogen Zenji’s Shobogenzo there are many, many koans. And there are many, many interpretations of koans. He may say, “My answer to that koan is like this.” So, [laughs] we use koans too. We do not ignore anything, precepts and Theravada and Mahayana ways. But it is impossible to study everything, so according to the person and their character, each can study whatever they like.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-12-11-A as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. These posts are also on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. We are continually working on improving the quality of transcriptions of Suzuki's lectures. After a new "verbatim transcript" is made, we create a minimally edited version which is more readable. See the most recently completed transcripts at shunryusuzuki.com/n.