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Suzuki Roshi said to me in dokusan, "You're like a rock, a big rock on the path. People don't know what you do, but if they're tired they'll sit on you, and that provides a nice rest for them. Don't paint the rock."

 

p.119. Stan White, Tassajara, circa 1968.