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The more you practice zazen, the more you will be able to accept something as your own, whatever it is.

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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Atlanta
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Accepting
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