‘I was Suzuki Roshi’s first jisha and anja at Tassajara I think. Those two jobs were one job at that time. Since I was the first person to do the job, I had no idea of what to do and remember on the first morning of the job Roshi worked in his garden and when it was time to clean up and go to the zendo he sat down on the steps to his cabin and washed his feet before going into his cabin to change clothes. When he was finished washing his feet, I handed him a towel to dry them and he smiled at me and said, “That is one of the powers of Buddha,” and I said, What? and he said, “To see what someone needs and to give it to them.” I understood then that the teaching could be learned from another person, not just books.’ (from Cuke.com)
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