- Saving All People. One evening, after a Dharma talk at the Cambridge Zen Center, a student asked Seung Sahn Soen-sa, “When you say you are here to save all people, does that mean only to help them get enlightened or also to save them from hunger, war, and pain?” Soen-sa said, “I have already finished saving all people.” There was a long silence. “Do you understand what that means?” Another long silence. “Put it down. Okay?”