"From the first, in people and in things, there is no such thing as trash. These words point to the fundamental truth of Buddhism, a truth I could not as yet conceive in those days."
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Soko Morinaga
1925 ā 1995
Soko Morinaga (ēę°ø å®č; 1925ā1995) was a Rinzai Zen roshi.
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