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Shunryu Suzuki Transcript

Saturday, May 2, 1964

Reverend Suzuki said that this [strain of kitchen work] was quite usual, and that was why in monasteries in Japan, only the most sincere students were put on kitchen duty. He said that for sesshins which include a Sunday, it may be better to prepare some simple meal in advance, as often the Japanese group uses the kitchen on that day.

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Source: Board Meeting Notes
Excerpted by Peter Ford, June, 2020.

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