Zen Is Right Here

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After an evening lecture a man in the audience asked, "You say that Zen is everywhere. So why do we have to come to the Zen Center?"

"Zen is everywhere," Suzuki Roshi agreed. "But for you, Zen is right here."

p.48. Ken Spiker, Sokoji, circa 1965.

Note: Renamed the book for this anecdote - for the Shambala re-release.