I say, Gita, fukubuso fukukene, even your ego, kodo shoshujo, Okay.

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Okay. Homage to great Daegon Bodhisattva, protector of the dharma, protector of all Buddhas, protector of all practice.

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Please help us. Okay. to great Bodhidharma, first patriarch in China.

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You still continue to inspire our practice. Five leaves of one flower, all the same essence. Sometimes I see the twinkling of your eyes in my morning tea. Suzuki Roshi, there's so much to say that I can hardly say it at all. Please continue to help and guide us.

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Thank you for this wonderful day. Yeah. Okay.

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Yeah. Oh Okay.

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uh uh so so so

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Oh, God. BITCH

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So, so

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BELL RINGS uh...

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Various causes have led me to this mountain altar, Bodhimandala. I am ready. I will take a step. This piece of incense is very small, but it covers the whole universe.

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I offer it with a deep wish for peace in the world. May its fragrance, together with Buddha's light, penetrate to every corner of this world, bringing profound harmony to all beings. This piece of incense comes from Gurdakuta, Shaolin, Eihei, and Zen Shinji Mountains.

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I now offer it to our great teacher, Shakyamuni Buddha, the first ancestor in China, Bodhidharma, the first ancestor in Japan, Eihei Dogen Daisho Shinji, and to our first teacher in America and the founder of this temple, Shogaku Shinryu Daisho. in gratitude for the Dharma milk which has nourished us for so long. I have been keeping this piece of incense for a long time.

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Now I offer it to my Dharma Master, Yukaku Utsudayo-sho, in gratitude for his unreserved kindness and warm compassion in extending his hand to make all of this possible. May he always be blessed with good health and circumstances, my teacher and brother. Yeah. Okay.

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Dragon and Elephant, which is Aramaic and literary. The primary preschool. this assembly. So, Jun, for a long time I practiced with you, and many people in this sangha have come through this gate.

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And many people have put Zen on their plates, but only a few seem to swallow it. As Abbot, what's your function? Let's you and I eat together. How can I swallow it? It's not hard. It's not easy. I'm very happy that you're here. I'm happy that you're here, too. Shakyamuni said you're ready. Can the Buddha nature be demonstrated? Where is this one?

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Who is this one? Oh, my God. Hard to know. Hard to know. There it is. So, Jim, I see you're mouthing standing still. Where is the mouthpiece? No. Now I see you. Thank you very much. We've been waiting a long time for this day and I too am very grateful to So Jin, what is it that best comes?

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Two feet. Is that it? And where do you come from? Sojourn. What color is the moon? It's bright and clear. How can you know this when it's not out? What is out?

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I don't know. Even though the moon goes behind the mountain, It's still there. Thank you. Thank you. So, John, the ego drive seems to have been put into us. almost a matter of survival, and yet we're asked to transcend it.

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Can you say something? This is the middle of wonderful days that have passed, and the beginning of what So, Jen, what power will you use to direct others? One time, in Bok San, I asked the vigyuraji, what power?

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He said, don't use it. What will you use to direct others? You turn to me and I'll turn to you. Okay. Sergeant, why are you standing up there? It's Sunday. All right. Just wait a few minutes. Sojinsang, you've been our friend, our teacher, for so long. Now you're the abbot. What does this mean? You'll see, alright.

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I'm a loser. I'm very grateful for you. It's a nice day.

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Shinmei-ryoshi, what do you think? Shunryu Suzuki-ryoshi thinks about what's happening here. Today, wonderful. Sky is blue. Nothing extraordinary. Why are you holding something in your hand? Give it to me! Kichijo! Kichijo! Dai Kichijo! uh

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We have walked on paths which Suzuki Roshi showed us. I wonder where we have left things. Usually, if someone asks me a question, I say, next step, one step, another step. That's okay. But at this time, I think you need to take one step, one thought. Let's take it together. Shogun, you stand tall.

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How will you handle the power that has crushed so many? I don't have so much power. Anyway, I don't have so much power. I could think about doing it. Yeah, no problem. We just think about ourselves. Who can help other people?

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Who can help other people? Other people. It's hard to help other people. Take care of yourself. You need to take care of yourself. How do I take care of myself? By taking care of other people. Q. If you take care of other people and yourself, it will reveal itself to you. Thank you.

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Give me an answer. No question, no answer. What are you doing? big man. Will you ever come visit us again? Children of the Green Dragon needs you too. So when the Who is it that chooses the middle way?

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The law. So, apart from all this fancy Zen mongo stuff, what is your true heart?

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I love you, Father. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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And when I met him, I said to myself, this person is someone that I want to see with and study with. If I don't do this now, I'll never do it. I was ordained on this day in 1969. Same day, which is more or less Suzuki Roshi's birthday. Some people say 18th, some people say 19th. But Japan and the United States were different at the time.

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Suzuki Roshi And I started the Berkley Zen Center in 1967, February, on Dwight Way. And he helped me very much, and I helped him. He helped me more than I helped him. And when I died, I was pretty much alone. One day he walked up to me, just for no apparent reason, and he said, it's just enough to be alive. Or it's enough just to be alive. And then he walked away.

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This koan has been with me ever since. And I will continue to chew on it in the future. Another thing he said to me was, if my disciples quarrel with each other, I'll leave. I always felt that each one of Suzuki Roshi's disciples embodied some characteristic of Suzuki Roshi.

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And that together... Together, his whole body

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