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Thursday, January 17, 2019

No and Yes

Student R: No beginning, no end. No teacher, no student. No and yes. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, no, yes, yes, no, no, yes, yes, yes, no.

SR: That's right. 


Student R: Thank you very much.


SR: Don't forget you said “yes.” Do not forget that you said “yes” with “no.”

 --------------------------------------------------  " Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki shosan ceremony - 67-12-07 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC