My master always told us: “You stinky boys, wash your underwear!” [Laughs, laughter.] What he meant is not just underwear, you know. My master’s way of training his disciples was pretty different from usual masters. He did not allow me to stay at Eiheiji too long. “Two years is enough! You will become a stinky Eiheiji student! That’s enough, you should go to Sojiji.”
Shunryu Suzuki at Eihei-ji leaving for takuhatsu. He is in monk’s pilgrimage robes.
—cuke.com/ig for links to the source of the photo. Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture 68-12-29 as found on shunryusuzuki.com, edited by PF. Go to instagram.com/cuke_archives for the Instagram version.