We say a gaining idea is not good [laughs]. It is also a gaining idea, maybe, but a gaining idea to be good is not wrong. It is so-called way-seeking mind. “Practicing Buddhism for the sake of Buddhism.” That is true practice. Practicing Buddhism for the sake of something else; that is a gaining idea.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 65-08-28-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.
