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Saturday, December 21, 2019

Everyone

If the only means to attain enlightenment is cross-legged sitting, onlye a few people will be saved by Zen. But according to Dogen Zenji, Zen is not such thing. Zen is for everyone whether you can cross your legs or not.  -------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-07-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC