If you find your inmost request by struggling or with tears, or with difficulty, you will never forget about it. Then an inmost request is in emotional feelings rather than logical reason. The logical understanding of an inmost request is a philosophy of true nature. And the understanding of an inmost request by your tears is an actual feeling that makes sense to you. And you can apply it. You will never forget about it. So, we should know that there is truth in our utmost distress or suffering.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-28-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.