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When he bowed to all those buddhas, the buddhas he bowed to were beyond his own understanding. Again and again he did it.

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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
Bowed
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Understanding

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