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Shunryu Suzuki Roshi was a pivotal Zen monk and author who founded the first Western Zen monastery. Discover his legacy of "nothing special."
…The postmaster and hyakucho were making a trip. Suddenly wild geese flew over and baso asked hyakucho: what is it? What is it? Baso, you know hyakucho said that is wild geese. And baso said: where are they going? They flew away, hyakucho said, but baso…
…they go, they are right here with us, hyakucho. Said their pride flew away. This is rather maybe a good answer. Maybe flew away? Baso saw him. It's right here. He and baso touched his nuts, did it flew away? Here there are many wild geese on your…
…it just flew away. He himself wanted to fly away. Instead he himself was silenced. The wild duck, just what was it? Baso basho saw it and and started a conversation. The old teachers in his practice. There was no cessation in their practice they…
…have many and many good, famous Zen masters under two of those teachers, Seigen and baso. No, nangaku and nangaku's disciple was baso. Baso was a big physically. He was very strong and great, a man of great physique like this, and when he speaks his…
…know there is a famous story between baso, the grandson of the sixth patriarch, and nangaku, a disciple of the sixth patriarch. Baso was practicing zazen nangaku. The teacher who passed by asked him: what are you doing? I'm practicing zazen to be a…