consider the air [for tomas korber]

But if we all are Buddha, i.e., if buddha-nature is everywhere, why practice zazen?

Consider the air; it too is everywhere; but until we use a fan, we are not aware of it. Zazen may be likened to the fanning.

~ suzuki roshi, march 22, 1967

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