Shundo David Haye – Zen Priest

‘Don’t say, “By practice I shall be buddha [laughs] tomorrow.” That is what he– he said. So when you just practice it, you are at the moment a buddha. That is true [laughs]. Don’t you think so? You are buddha anyway [laughs, laughter]. You cannot escape from it [laughs]. But you make some excuse [laughs] why you are not buddha [laughs, laughter], that’s all. Maybe it is convenient for you [laughs, laughter]. But because you are actually buddha, you do not feel so good when you make some excuse [laughs]. That is what he is– what he says here.’ (from the Suzuki Roshi archive)

There will be a fair amount of Suzuki Roshi in my class on the Genjo Koan which starts today.