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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."
…heat come upon us, cold and heat come upon us. Oh it is very cold he said how should we avoid this cold weather? He said. Tozan said why don't you go where there is no cold and heat? Why don't you go where there is no cold and no heat? This is…
…to do so much. There are many stories about this point. Did you talk? Have I told you about the ungo ungo venti story? Tozan, you know tozan was the founder of Soto School and he was a great teacher, of course, and his disciple, ungo, ungo doyo. Ungo…
…brother said: oh, how Swift it is, Swift or alert it is and tozan started you know question and answer how Swift is it? Tozan asked him: how Swift is it? And mishihaku said: oh, it is as Swift as a commoner became a minister. Common city people became…
…patriarch there were many disciples but the most important disciples are nangaku and Seigen and nangaku and later, under Seigen, Tozan appeared and under nangaku, rinzai appeared and rinzai and Soto are the most powerful schools under the sixth patriarch.…