I think you are trying to figure out what buddha-nature is. Because I did not explain what it is, but I just pointed out: “This is buddha-nature.” But I didn't say what it is. That is buddha-nature, you know. Something like buddha-nature is impossible to understand in a psychological or philosophical or scientific way. You cannot understand in this way.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-29-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.
