Don´t worry. I know who I am

 

I went up to Suzuki Roshi´s room not long before his death. He was in bed, extremely weak, his skin discolored. He bowed, and I did the same. Then he looked right at me an said, not with a loud voice but firmly, “Don´t grieve for me. Don´t worry. I know who I am.”  

 

  

David Chadwick - Zen Is Right Here. Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki.

Hér getið þið hlustað á Dharma-ræðu með Jakusho Kwong-roshi, sem var nemandi Suzuki-roshi, sem tekin var upp í Skálholti árið 2006: http://www.tonheimar.is/media/dharma_talks/roshi_skalhot06/