Before Bodhidharma there was no Zen master; all Buddhists practiced Zen. But after Bodhidharma many schools of Zen developed with their own characteristics. But original Zen is to practice Zen as a disciple of Buddha. Our practice is to practice Zen as Buddha did. That is not just to attain a certain master’s type of enlightenment.
Mary Mocine and Sojun Mel Weitsman
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-31 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.