You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole not more… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it, which we… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and form nothing. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen opens a man's eyes to the greatest mystery as it is daily and hourly performed; it enlarges the heart to embrace eternity of… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
“Modern life seems to recede further and further away from nature, and closely connected with this fact we seem to be losing the feeling… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
Zen Makes use, to a great extent, of poetical expressions; Zen is wedded to poetry. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
