Anyway, if you want to realize what Buddha Nature is, some limitation is necessary. We say absolute freedom, but that absolute freedom does not mean to ignore the value of things and mix things up. To make some classifications and to do things in the right way, in an adequate way, is our way. So, we have to pay careful consideration in our activity. If you think this is just material, you do not treat it carefully. If it is a living being, you cannot treat it so carelessly [laughs]. But all existence is a living being in some form, or with some nature.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the image. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 66-02-18 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.
