We are not like historical Buddha. For him it was not so difficult. Even though he was in his court with delicious food and a beautiful palace, and many servants, still he was sensitive enough to realize the true nature of himself. But for us it is not so easy [laughs].
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-30-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.
