File Name: 70-02-16-bn
Monday, February 16, 1970
Excerpt - Board Meeting Notes,
Suzuki Roshi: his (Tatsugami) point: it was easy for Japanese and Chinese to understand Buddhism because of similar culture, language, and background. For Buddhism to cross the Pacific is not so easy. Because it is difficult, if we could understand Buddhism--the meaning will be greater. At the same time we will have a greater difficulty than the Chinese or Japanese to understand Buddhism. He doesn't give up because he acknowledges our sincerity in studying Buddhism. We will not give up. He feels ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).