So, in our everyday life, we should observe the precepts, instead of leaving Buddha responsible. We should be responsible, but at the same time we have freedom. There is no need for us to be bound by precepts. Precepts are formulated by our own choices. As long as we take activity consciously, there is freedom, and at the same time, we should be responsible for that. This is true freedom.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-22 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.