There is no way to understand things by explaining them individually.

Originally shared by Suresh Gundappa

There is no way to understand things by explaining them individually. This is just an intellectual description. We must have an actual feeling as well. If you can just appreciate each thing, one by one, then you will have pure gratitude. Even though you observe just one flower, that one flower includes everything. It is not just a flower. It is the absolute.

~ Shunryu Suzuki,

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