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“I was beginning to realize that zazen was not a cure-all. People who attain a certain degree of understanding of zazen begin to understand zazen, period. I had to remind myself not to expect Joko to be equipped to advise me how to live my life or to decide important ethical questions such as the proper stance of religion toward war.”
― Arthur Braverman, Living and Dying in Zazen: Five Zen Masters of Modern Japan