Then I went on to ask him why he never used any assistants. He answered, “Other people are not me.” “You are right,” I said; “I can see that your work is the activity of the Buddha-dharma, but why are you working so hard in this scorching sun?” He replied, “If I do not do it now, when else can I do it.” There was nothing else for me to say. As I walked on along that passageway, I began to sense inwardly the true significance of the role of tenzo.
