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Zen Master Bassui from The Three Pillars of Zen

Rochester Zen Center Teisho (Zen Talks)

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Vasui's Life and Death

I spent all my time there with the head monk. Give him a fifth of whiskey. He said, well, give him a six pack of beer then. I never met him. Just before he passed away, the age of 60, Vasui sat up in the lotus posture and to those gathered around him said, don't be misled. Look directly. What is this? Then calmly died.

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