
Psychology studies our mind as an object of study. “Here is mind which is universal to everyone. And what is the function of our mind?” This is psychology. But in religion we study our own mind. This is the difference. My own mind—not everyone’s mind [laughing]. I don’t mind some other’s mind, but we do mind our own mind [laughter]. That is religion.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-26-D 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.