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During the question and answer period after a sesshin lecture, someone said to Suzuki Roshi, "Here I sit near the end of this sesshin, energized and thinking that there is a lot of power in this practice."

Suzuki replied, "Don't use it."

70. Jack Van Allen, Sokoji, 1968.

Changed "this session" to "this sesshin" 4/10/2024. Thanks to Rick Wicks for pointing out the error.