"Suzuki Roshi, I've been listening to your lectures for years," a student said during the question and answer time following a lecture, "but I just don't understand. Could you just please put it in a nutshell? Can you reduce Buddhism to one phrase?"
Everyone laughed. Suzuki laughed.
"Everything changes," he said. Then he asked for another question."
This is one of the stories Head Nun used to tell us. In a nutshell, it teaches us that nothing is permanent in life and that we should not cling on to things, which is the cause of our suffering. In this way, we can lead a peaceful life.
~ Da
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