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D.T. Suzuki

“While there is no doubt that the chief means of supporting the Zendo life is begging, as was in the ancient days of the Buddha, begging has, besides its economic value, a twofold moral signification: the one is to teach the beggar humility and the other is to make the donor accumulate the merit of self-denial.”

Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, The Training Of The Zen Buddhist Monk
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