“It seemed impossible or at least foolish—maybe even a little crazy—to try. I had previously lived in at Chozen-ji twice, so I had some idea of how difficult three months of live-in training would be.”
Read MoreSometimes I am asked for the business plan for Chozen-ji. When I was young, I futilely tried many times to come up with something but Zen training at Chozen-ji is a hard sell. Now I say I’m following the Bodhidharma method, or as Honda Roshi says, “Train hard. The rest is up to Heaven.” The results are better.
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