"Even while I'm working, I'm always resting."

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"Even while I'm working, I'm always resting."

Last week I was interviewed by Joy Maulitz of KWMR Radio: Homegrown Radio in West Marin. Joy told me a story that I hadn't heard before about Suzuki Roshi, founding Abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center.

The story is about when Suzuki Roshi was moving lots of large rocks and boulders around Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center, to build walls and to create a rock garden. Suzuki Roshi was in his...