We treat human beings as human beings. Religion is not some particular thing. Religion is to find the true meaning of human nature. We do not try to change human beings to God. From beginning to end, we are human beings. We should be human beings. There is no need to be God [laughs].
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-28-C 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.