Enlightenment is not only a kind of psychological state of mind. When the psychological state of mind is supported by right wisdom, we call it enlightenment. When it is supported by way-seeking mind, that is called enlightenment. If you obtain the same psychological state of mind by LSD [laughter], if you lack the way-seeking mind, we do not call it enlightenment. That is a quite different matter. It should be based on a way-seeking mind.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-27-B 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.
