For science mind is an object of study. But for us it is most concerning [laughs]. We are talking about each one’s mind. I am talking about my mind, and you are listening to your mind, not someone else’s mind. If so, that mind includes all the problems you have. Without mind, there is no problem [laughs]. Without “you,” there is no problem. Because there is “you,” you have problems. Because you have mind, small or big, I don’t know [laughs]. Anyway, because you have your mind, there are problems.
Drawing by Stan White
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-07-30-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.