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Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Same Thing

To help others and to help ourselves is the same thing. To realize myself and to make others realize the truth is the same thing.

After John King's shuso ceremony at Tassajara at the end of the Fall 2000 practice period

cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-10-21 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.