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Friday, January 4, 2019

Nothing

Student H: Docho Roshi, after four months' training and seven-day sesshin, what am I doing here?

SR: You are doing nothing.

Student H: Thank you very much.

 --------------------------------------------------  They all say "Thank you very much." Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki shosan ceremony - 67-12-07 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC