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Not Always So by Shunryu Suzuki — WisdomDeck honest review
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Not Always So

by Shunryu Suzuki

Further talks from the author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: practice, posture, letting go of fixed ideas. Spare and illuminating.

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  1. Nothing is always so.
  2. Practice without gaining idea.
  3. Just sit.

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