If our understanding is deep enough there is not much time difference or space difference. Whatever it is which is true with us was true with our ancestors and maybe will be for our descendants, too.
Gyakushitsu Sojun gave transmission to Shunryu's father
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 69-03-16 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.