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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."
…Don't you think so? If he admits himself just simple and no hope to be enlightened or no hope to be saved by buddha or Christ, he is crazy too. For a man it is impossible to think that way. There must be some hope to live there must be some…
…by some particular research without having any understanding of religion or other science. I remember reading one time somewhere that man jesus Christ said they are forgiven for they do not know. In the same time, though we are forgiven, I tell you, we…
…may not be okay but I cannot explain so well. Okay, hi is there something about the difference between the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha? Between what the mission of jesus Christ and the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha?…
…is there something about the difference between the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha? Between what the mission of jesus Christ and the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha? Oh, I don't, I couldn't follow you. The last part what…
…between the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha? Between what the mission of jesus Christ and the mission of jesus Christ and that of the buddha? Oh, I don't, I couldn't follow you. The last part what do you compare the messages of jesus…
…Christ and that of the buddha? Oh, I don't, I couldn't follow you. The last part what do you compare the messages of jesus Christ and those of the buddha? I don't know Christianity at all you know maybe I have, I studied, you know very, you know as…
…So he knows both Christianity and Buddhism. I'm sorry I cannot you know, answer q I was thinking more of the figure of Christ Than of Christianity when I said I was thinking more of the figure of Christ rather than of Christianity. I don't think…
…q I was thinking more of the figure of Christ Than of Christianity when I said I was thinking more of the figure of Christ rather than of Christianity. I don't think Christianity is very much in the meaning of the word. Excuse me I don't want to say…
…me? Okay? It is not some sutra like a chronicle of a great sage, a chronicle of saying or action of a great sage like Christ or Confucian. It is like something like a divine comedy I don't know how you call it divine comedy of Dante, you know. Or it…
…words and when you come to listen to buddha's words then you may think, oh buddha wasn't so good, maybe better to listen to Christ. So now you sacrifice buddha's words for sake of Christ's words. In this way you know we have no time to listen to…
…is no such teaching at all. That is darkness of the teaching, no teaching whatsoever, no teacher or no disciple, no buddha or no Christ. You know, when we eat it actually eat it. How to eat it is practice. Actual practice is how to eat things or how…
…desire, you know you want to make some excuse when you take wrong course. At that time you may say buddha said or Christ said to make some excuse for you for going some wrong course, buddha put more emphasis on you know, more emphasis on sightseeing…
…buddha is with you, Bodhidharma is with you and every sage should be with you and actually with you at that time. Who is Christ, who is buddha, who is Bodhidharma, who is dogen? You know who they are. It is you yourself. You know how is it possible…
…And he was going to I thought he was going back to Japan, but he was going to a place how do you pronounce where Christ was born? Yeah he was going to that place. Why is he going to there? I think that is buddha mind. You know something more…