Finally I saw that everything had come to nothing. and gave it up. and took my old body and went out into the morning and sang.
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Instructions to the Cook
By Roshi Bernie Glassman and Rick Fields — 1996
A Zen Master’s Lessons for Living a Life that Matters
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