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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."
…is the famous Chinese Zen master who joined our order at his age of 60 and he studied zazen, our practice, for 20 years under Nansen and he became a temple master and until he died at the age of 120. It is not a joke, it is true historical, it…
…and it's. But why I you know talk about this experience because I want to talk about one core, the famous core of Nansen, between Nansen and Joshi Nansen's Disciple. Every day every day mind stop. I think you will know the core. Core is not something…
…But why I you know talk about this experience because I want to talk about one core, the famous core of Nansen, between Nansen and Joshi Nansen's Disciple. Every day every day mind stop. I think you will know the core. Core is not something to…
…leave? That was his you know. That is why he now wants to leave the sauna. Before, as you see in the question and answer between Nansen and Joshi, Joshi said, Joshi asked him: if I do not try to observe the way, how can we follow the way if we, if…
…if I don't try to observe it? Or in other words is it possible for me to observe our way without trying to observe? Wait. But Nansen said: if you try to observe our way, that way is not true way. I will not stop this way. It means that unless you…
…but day after day you should continue studying our teachings according to the circumstances. A famous Zen master, hyakujo, was a disciple of Nansen. He said: if I am like my teacher Nansen, if I attain, even though I have the same power as my teacher, I…
…teachings according to the circumstances. A famous Zen master, hyakujo, was a disciple of Nansen. He said: if I am like my teacher Nansen, if I attain, even though I have the same power as my teacher, I shall lose half value of my teacher Nansen. So…
…my teacher Nansen, if I attain, even though I have the same power as my teacher, I shall lose half value of my teacher Nansen. So a disciple should be better than a teacher. That is what Nansen, what hyakujo said. It means that why we have disciples…
…teacher, I shall lose half value of my teacher Nansen. So a disciple should be better than a teacher. That is what Nansen, what hyakujo said. It means that why we have disciples is because teaching should be changing always and should be extended always…
…kind of wisdom, you know to see things as they are, even though it is not bamboo, you can Split right in two. As Nansen cut the cat right in two, the students were amazed. They didn't have, you know, they didn't have time to criticize his killing a…