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When you say, Wait a moment, you are bound by your karma when you say Yes I will, you are free.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
Bhikkhu
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