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If you cannot bow to Buddha, you cannot be a Buddha. It is arrogance.

Shunryu Suzuki

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Shunryu Suzuki
Age: 67 †
Born: 1904
Born: May 18
Died: 1971
Died: December 4
Bhikkhu
Leader
Missionary
Philosopher
Writer
Atlanta
Georgia
Buddha
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Arrogance
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