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Zen Center is not a group of people setting themselves apart from society, each striving for his own personal enlightenment. All of us, including himself and Reverend Katagiri, are Americans, responsible to the society which supports us. The Bodhisattva’s vow is to seek for the enlightenment of all beings before oneself, and actually, to help others is to help oneself. Without this spirit, our practice is not true Zen. To help others, however, is not to have idealistic dreams about the possibility ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).