Walking past the Candy Store
A Zen teacher on the importance of having a spiritual practice without the expectation of reward
Les Kaye
Les Kaye studied Zen with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi in the 1960s and is now abbot emeritus of Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center in Mountain View, California.
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