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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."
…same person who donated chikurin shosha, a Garden for buddha. You know, I told him already, I told about him already when Suda, Buddha's disciple, wanted a beautiful Garden, which he found out, and when he found out that Garden was owned by this, owned…
…he asked. He refused to give it to buddha. So he said and said if you pay my land with coin, I'll give it to you, and Suda was also wealthy. So he started to pay with land, with coin and so and he said okay okay I'll give it to buddha it looks…
…Gishu Riko Takuan, the jeda given by prince jeda, the path given to buddha by jeda, prince jeda. And the story is when Suda wanted to provide buddha some place to stay. He seeked for some land, some place at last he found a beautiful place but…
…say yes and he said: if you pay as much money as you could pay all the land by coin, I will give it, he said. But Suda was also a very wealthy person. So he said, okay I will do that. And he brought a lot of coins and started to pay that land…
…ten disciples, but he, before he became, before he joined buddha's order, he was bhava and he belongs to he belongs to Suda or savage, servant class, and he, he served shakyamuni buddha's family and he saved their. He worked for buddha's family. But when…